Oh SNAP

Description

Here's the start of my fast network authentication protocol, so far I've only implemented the "Ping" command so there shouldn't be any way to recover the key.

Help

This page offers a convenient way for you to interact with the challenge functions. You can also use GET requests to send and receive data directly from the listed routes/endpoints if you wish. For more information see the FAQ.

Your aim is to recover the FLAG value. Once you have it, submit it on the CryptoHack Symmetric Ciphers page.

Source

from Crypto.Cipher import ARC4


FLAG = ?


@chal.route('/oh_snap/send_cmd/<ciphertext>/<nonce>/')
def send_cmd(ciphertext, nonce):
    if not ciphertext:
        return {"error": "You must specify a ciphertext"}
    if not nonce:
        return {"error": "You must specify a nonce"}

    ciphertext = bytes.fromhex(ciphertext)
    nonce = bytes.fromhex(nonce)

    cipher = ARC4.new(nonce + FLAG.encode())
    cmd = cipher.decrypt(ciphertext)
    if cmd == b"ping":
        return {"msg": "Pong!"}
    else:
        return {"error": f"Unknown command: {cmd.hex()}"}