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[EXTERNAL] add strings to forbidden #2475

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every exercise can currently be solved by using strings for example

strings bin | grep "modified"

to give the message required to complete the exercise.

However, that technique will teach us nothing about binary inspection, reverse engineering or binary manipulation.

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It is important to learn concepts, not circumvent the exercise.

Solution Overview

Explicitly forbid strings command

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Added one line to README

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Please assign the label 📦 build If you want to re-build the following test images:

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every exercise can currently be solved by using strings for example

` strings bin | grep "modified"` 

to give the message required to complete the exercise.

However, that technique will teach us nothing about binary inspection, reverse engineering or binary manipulation.
@HarryVasanth HarryVasanth changed the title add strings to forbidden [EXTERNAL] add strings to forbidden Jul 8, 2024
@HarryVasanth HarryVasanth added the 📕 Cyber Security Cybersecurity label Nov 21, 2024
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