{
  "id": 346012,
  "title": "Multiple flags?",
  "url": "/competitions/ai-village-ctf/discussion/346012",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-08-17T14:46:07.820858500Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>In one of the challenges I've done, I got multiple different 256 character flag looking strings. I got a flag from it already, but I was wondering if these are all valid, or just there as dummies? </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "1903642",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 14:46:07",
      "content": "<p>In one of the challenges I've done, I got multiple different 256 character flag looking strings. I got a flag from it already, but I was wondering if these are all valid, or just there as dummies? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In one of the challenges I've done, I got multiple different 256 character flag looking strings. I got a flag from it already, but I was wondering if these are all valid, or just there as dummies?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1903646",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 14:47:21",
      "content": "<p>There was a comment somewhere that all the 128 char strings are unique (I'm guessing a hash that includes a timestamp or something like that). They should all be valid though - using any of them should give you the points</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "There was a comment somewhere that all the 128 char strings are unique (I'm guessing a hash that includes a timestamp or something like that). They should all be valid though - using any of them should give you the points",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1903650",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 14:49:55",
      "content": "<p>Hopefully it’s only 128 chars :) but yes, all flags are unique. As long as you got the solve, your flag will be valid. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hopefully it’s only 128 chars :) but yes, all flags are unique. As long as you got the solve, your flag will be valid.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1903671",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 15:05:35",
      "content": "<p>Ah yep, didn't manually count them.</p>\n<p>Sorry if I wasn't clear, is there supposed to be multiple flags in some questions as bonus points? Or is this just leaking from somewhere. Or is the string different because I got it at a different time period and it's just hashed against the time or something. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Ah yep, didn't manually count them.\n\nSorry if I wasn't clear, is there supposed to be multiple flags in some questions as bonus points? Or is this just leaking from somewhere. Or is the string different because I got it at a different time period and it's just hashed against the time or something.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1903677",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 15:11:36",
      "content": "<p>String is different because it’s a new submission. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "String is different because it’s a new submission.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1903678",
      "postDate": "08/17/2022 15:12:26",
      "content": "<p>No bonus points, no decoys.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "No bonus points, no decoys.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1903646,
      "author_name": "chris62",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/17/2022 14:47:21",
      "content": "<p>There was a comment somewhere that all the 128 char strings are unique (I'm guessing a hash that includes a timestamp or something like that). They should all be valid though - using any of them should give you the points</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 1903650,
      "author_name": "moohax",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/17/2022 14:49:55",
      "content": "<p>Hopefully it’s only 128 chars :) but yes, all flags are unique. As long as you got the solve, your flag will be valid. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1903671,
          "author_name": "andrewharding1",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/17/2022 15:05:35",
          "content": "<p>Ah yep, didn't manually count them.</p>\n<p>Sorry if I wasn't clear, is there supposed to be multiple flags in some questions as bonus points? Or is this just leaking from somewhere. Or is the string different because I got it at a different time period and it's just hashed against the time or something. </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1903677,
          "author_name": "moohax",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/17/2022 15:11:36",
          "content": "<p>String is different because it’s a new submission. </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 1903678,
          "author_name": "lucasjt",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/17/2022 15:12:26",
          "content": "<p>No bonus points, no decoys.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "1903642": "In one of the challenges I've done, I got multiple different 256 character flag looking strings. I got a flag from it already, but I was wondering if these are all valid, or just there as dummies?",
    "1903646": "There was a comment somewhere that all the 128 char strings are unique (I'm guessing a hash that includes a timestamp or something like that). They should all be valid though - using any of them should give you the points",
    "1903650": "Hopefully it’s only 128 chars :) but yes, all flags are unique. As long as you got the solve, your flag will be valid.",
    "1903671": "Ah yep, didn't manually count them.\n\nSorry if I wasn't clear, is there supposed to be multiple flags in some questions as bonus points? Or is this just leaking from somewhere. Or is the string different because I got it at a different time period and it's just hashed against the time or something.",
    "1903677": "String is different because it’s a new submission.",
    "1903678": "No bonus points, no decoys."
  },
  "source": "meta"
}