This Fortran program appears to function as a simple challenge...
This Fortran program appears to function as a simple challenge that verifies if a user can input a correct "flag" to gain "access." Here's an explanation of what each part of the code does:
1. Constants and Variables:
N
is a constant set to 13.- This represents the length of the character arrays
doop2
andfoo1
.
- This represents the length of the character arrays
data
is an integer array of sizeN
initialized with specific values:(/ 70, 112, 98, 99, 106, 108, 114, 63, 88, 99, 94, 98, 90 /)
.- This array holds some data that will be used to generate a reference string (
foo1
).
- This array holds some data that will be used to generate a reference string (
foo1
anddoop2
are character arrays of lengthN
.foo1
will store a generated string based ondata
.doop2
will store user input.
2. String Generation Logic:
The program generates a string (foo1
) using the following loop:
do i = 1, N
foo1(i:i) = achar(mod(data(i) + i, 128))
end do
- For each index
i
from 1 to 13:data(i)
is added to the current indexi
.- The result of the addition is taken modulo 128 using
mod
. - The modulo result is converted to its corresponding ASCII character using the Fortran intrinsic function
achar
. - The character is assigned to the
i
th position of the stringfoo1
.
This produces a specific "secret" string stored in foo1
.
3. User Input:
The program asks the user to "Enter the flag:". It reads the user's input into doop2
.
4. Flag Validation:
The user's input (doop2
) is compared to the generated string (foo1
) in this if
statement:
if (doop2 == foo1) then
print *, "Access Granted!"
print *, "The flag is: uactf{", foo1, "}"
else
print *, "Access Denied!"
end if
- If the input string exactly matches
foo1
, the program prints "Access Granted!" and reveals the "flag" in the formatuactf{<foo1>}
. - If the input does not match
foo1
, the program prints "Access Denied!".
Summary:
The program creates a secret string (foo1
) based on a predefined integer array (data
) and ASCII computations. It then asks the user to input a string. If the user's input matches the generated secret string (foo1
), it grants access and reveals the flag in the format uactf{<foo1>}
. Otherwise, access is denied.
This is likely a simple CTF (Capture the Flag) style challenge designed to reverse-engineer the flag by understanding the logic used to generate foo1
.