Lost-Chall has been operational since 2007, witnessing numerous changes over the years. I've dedicated the past 10 years to full-time software development and juggling various hobbies that don't involve a computer. The journey has been both enjoyable and challenging, but I've reached a decision to close down the site. However, I'm open to giving it away for free to anyone interested in hosting the site. It's important to note that I was quite young when I created the site, and it doesn't adhere to best practices. There's a considerable amount of redundancy, and it relies on a framework that has been deprecated for many years (Zend) while still running on PHP 5.4. Given these factors, a proper migration will require some time and effort. If you're interested in taking over, please don't hesitate to contact me at lostchall@gmail.com. In the event that no one steps up to run the site, I plan to shut it down at the end of 2024. At that time, I will email a zip file containing the source code, allowing you to access the answers to unsolved challenges. Wishing you all the best, Bregi
Lost-challenge is online again after some days downtime. There was a problem with payments at the hosting
Followed by the second one, S3:Scrambled-II is online
Finally; a new challenge has been added, S2: Scrambled
The challenge "RSA source" has been removed as it is broken. But stay ready for new challenges to come soon!
In case you wonder why you have lost a couple ranks: I fixed a bug in the function that calculates the rank.
sabretooth is now working through all the challenges, many thanks again :)
sabretooth will when he finds time also check on his challenges. Finding out who has made which challenge can be seen on the 'credits' link.
I'm almost through checking the challenges on solvability :) Still, if you spot something that doesn't look proper, let me know @ lostchall[at]gmail.com
Here it is, LOST-Chall 3.0. based upon ZF2. Changes affects all the views beside the challenges. But, it's likely that bugs will appear. So if you spot any, tell me please!
Finally some news: Await a big change with LOST-Chall V3.0 in the next weeks)
sabretooth set up a new irc channel, come and join us at irc.idlemonkeys.net @ #lost-chall
I have updated the Forum from phpbb2 to phpbb3 due to security reasons. All data should still be online. You can post again now.
Merry christmas and a happy new year to anyone :)
The site is being updated as a whole. Stay tuned for some changes :)