BSides Detroit 2013 CTF Lockpicking \ Locksport How-to Video "Writeup"
Channel: Johnny Xmas
Date: 2013-06-09

I was the first to get through all 5 of the Locksport challenges for the Capture the Flag tournament being held at the Bsides Detroit hacker conference in 2013. We're heavy proponents of doing writeups on how we solved all of the challenges, but lockpicking ones are obviously difficult to convey on paper. As such, I thought a video "writeup" would be most appropriate. Here's how I solved all of them, along with a few alternate solutions. 

These challenges were designed to really mess with all skill-levels of locksport enthusiasts, as most of them required some sort of thinking outside the box to solve; coming at them with a kit of picks and 20 years of experience would not help with most of them. 

All challenges designed by @Rattis of the Rats and Rogues Security Podcast ( http://www.ratsandrogues.com ). Rest assured I called him several inappropriate names throughout this contest, especially during the bicycle lock challenge. 

LINK TO GREAT INSTRUCTABLE ON BYPASSING THE BIKE LOCK: http://www.instructables.com/id/Unlock-4-digit-cable-lock/

LINK TO PIGPEN CIPHER ON WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_cipher

I hearby release this video under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

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