Bug Reporting

[Harry]

We try hard to avoid them, but bugs are a feature (or should that be “a bug?” of coding, so if you spot anything then let us know, here or by email. If you think you have found a security issue or someone is posting info about the solutions online, then email us instead at [email protected] with the word Security in the subject.

Thank you!

[Harry]

Thanks for that. What you could see was a dummy text for testing prior to the official site launch tomorrow, but it is great that you reported it. We always welcome that!

Best wishes,

Harry

[upsidedown]

Happy Cipher Challenge!

The first two links on the home page (“registration page”, “set up a teacher account”) are broken. They appear to link to http://www.cipherchallenge.org/TITLE_OF_PAGE rather than the actual URL.

Thanks for letting us know. We have had one or two other reports of this, but the links are working for us. If you could email us with a screenshot or more info about which links you are clicking on, we will investigate. Sorry about the inconvenience! Harry and the Elves

[ThompsonJ]

On the ‘Challenges’ page, the link to the introductory challenge seems to redirect (back) to the ‘Challenges’ page.

Thanks for flagging the issue. See post #101158 in the Welcome thread for an update! Jodie

[ByteInBits]

There does not seem to be a way to download the full sized Poster at

Poster & Graphics

Thanks for posting. Have updated the link – just click on the poster and you should get an A2 png file. Let me know if it works! Jodie

[ByteInBits]

Sorry for late reply
Poster ok now Thanks

[upsidedown]

In the ciphertexts for parts A & B of the introduction there are backslashes immediately before the apostrophes (\’ instead of ’).

Thank you for pointing that out, we will take a look and see if we can pretty things up. Jodie

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

Good evening,
Is this a bug or a feature?
In case file 0.1, the white rectangle is titled Frederick-Douglass-explains-his-plan.png, but there is nothing to see.

[Harry]

Good catch, thank you. Think he must have been at Hogwarts communing with the other portraits. Back now! Harry

[ByteInBits]

@F6EXB_the_frenchy
I see Harry says back now – ’cause it was there on 18th September – the dude likes reading maps upsidedown, that stuck in my mind!
There was/is no mention then or now of the dudes name Frederick-Douglass so thanks, that may or may not help with story.

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

Good morning,
There is a display problem for the computer at https://www.cipherchallenge.org/the-march-of-time/

Thanks for letting us know. Can you say which image is giving trouble, the header or the body article? And is it just the low resolution (which is a style choice) or is there something else wrong? You could send a screenshot to [email protected] if that is easier. Jodie

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

In response to message #104060:
Everything is back to normal now. Probably a problem here.
It was the gold thumbnail of a computer at the URL https://www.cipherchallenge.org/the-march-of-time/

[Robb27]

Harry,
In the Video Library, the video adjacent to the text “Paget takes us on from the simple Caesar shift to a random keyword substitution cipher” is marked as private and is not accessible.

[F6EXB_the_frenchy]

Hello,
In 1A : same bug as before: \”NOMDXOGT

I know, sorry! The BOSS computer is unhappy when we type not alphanumerics in the cipher text and tries to tell us, but we don’t listen!

[rl0r_g1rl]

Hello,
The image for case file 1.1 isn’t showing up on my screen. The text is also the same as last year’s 1.1 case file text. Is this intentional?

Thanks,
-R

Thanks to you and the following couple of bug hunters for pointing this out, and sorry we didn’t catch the bug sooner. It should be fixed now, but if you are still having problems viewing the (admittedly not that helpful yet) Case Files, then do let us know. Harry

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