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Task: guess an 8-byte secret value on a fork-based server where the secret persists across connections. Solution: brute-force the secret byte-by-byte using partial reads — send N bytes and detect correct guesses from server responses, then send the full secret with print_flag=1.

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byte_by_byte_brute_forcepartial_read_exploitationfork_based_server_persistence

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