Rating:
# SC1 - Math bot
## Challenge
> It is well known that computers can do tedious math faster than humans.
> nc 195.154.53.62 1337
## Solution
```
$ nc 195.154.53.62 1337
__________
______/ ________ \______
_/ ____________ \_
_/____________ ____________\_
/ ___________ \ / ___________ \
/ /XXXXXXXXXXX\ \/ /XXXXXXXXXXX\ \
/ /############/ \############\ \
| \XXXXXXXXXXX/ _ _ \XXXXXXXXXXX/ |
__|\_____ ___ // \\ ___ _____/|__
[_ \ \ X X / / _]
__| \ \ / / |__
[____ \ \ \ ____________ / / / ____]
\ \ \ \/||.||.||.||.||\/ / / /
\_ \ \ ||.||.||.||.|| / / _/
\ \ ||.||.||.||.|| / /
\_ ||_||_||_||_|| _/
\ ........ /
\________________/
Our system system has detected human traffic from your IP!
Please prove you are a bot
Question 1 :
50489238639188063698070072981610 * 1364107478925961178712787264169 =
```
I reconnected a few times to confirm that the server handed out random equations to be solved. After solving one manually, I was prompted with a new math problem. At this point, I wrote a python script to automate the process.
```
#!/usr/bin/python2.7
import socket
host = '195.154.53.62'
port = 1337
bot = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
bot.connect((host,port))
while True:
data = bot.recv(1024)
if "=" in str.split(data)[-1]:
equation = str.split(data)[-4] + " " + str.split(data)[-3] + " " + str.split(data)[-2]
print "Solving equation..."
print equation
result = repr(eval(equation))
print "Sending result..."
bot.send(result + "\n")
else:
print data
break
```
Running the script returns the flag after a few seconds.
```
Solving equation...
77570593763924035994006787070091 * 156048715378978225422935000952364
Sending result...
Well no human got time to solve 500 ridiculous math challenges
Congrats MR bot!
Tell your human operator flag is: ALEXCTF{1_4M_l33t_b0t}
```
