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The First Annual Underhanded C Contest

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the delightfully-malicious dept.

Xcott Craver writes "We have just announced a new annual contest, the Underhanded C Contest, to write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code that implements malicious behavior. The object is to hide evil functionality that survives visual inspection of the source. The prize is beer."

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. This will work by The+Original+Yama · · Score: 4, Funny

    People will do anything for beer! Who needs speech when you're gulping down a cold lager?

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    1. Re:This will work by isny · · Score: 4, Funny

      Based on past experience, free beer is usually the first step toward free speech.

  3. in other words... by beta-guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    kill the brain cells that made innocent looking malicous code :P

  4. I think I might win by numbware · · Score: 4, Funny

    #include
    main()
    {
    printf("Hello World");
    }

    Seemingly harmless, right? Wrong. It's still in devlopment, but think about it. You should have to greet the world before you destroy it. :)

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  5. like this? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    #include stuff.h
    void main()
    {
    /* nothing / */ /* to see / * here */
    /* whats * / challenging / * about */
    /* this */ /* there / is no */ evil /*
    screensaver(); * function */ /* here
    anyone that thinks there is * / needs */
    /* their / * / eyes testing */ ();
    }

    585

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    1. Re:like this? by Dun+Malg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nice idea, but it doesn't look innoucuous. It looks like a trick. I think the contest is for code the equivalent of a razor blade in a nice looking apple, rather than a razor blade hidden in a pile of clearly marked rat poison.

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  6. Here you go by titzandkunt · · Score: 5, Funny


    Just tuck it away in a commonly used header file, use touch to restore the last date/time of modification, and you're all set.

    #define void int

    Hours & hours of irritation & confusion!

    T&K.

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  7. Re:What are the legal ramifications of this? by bighoov · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you even breathe in that tinfoil cocoon?

  8. Diebold Hiring the winner! by tvlinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Help Wanted:
    Diebold needs new programmers. If you have what it takes to hide "winning" code in our election machines. Apply to Diebold Careers

  9. Subtlety by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny
    The prize is beer.
    ...but the beer is poisoned!
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  10. Some dude from Microsoft is gonna win... by swillden · · Score: 4, Funny

    He'll submit the source code to IE.

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  11. how's this? by spongman · · Score: 5, Funny

    int main () { WinExec ("iexplore.exe"); }

  12. So The Hard Part Is To by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 4, Funny

    "write clear, readable, innocent-looking C code", right?

    Wow, nobody's going to win this one.

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  13. Obligatory simpsons paraphrase by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Programmer: 'Take this source code, but beware! It carries a terrible curse!'
    Judge: 'That's bad.'
    Programmer: 'But it's optimized for PowerPC!'
    Judge: 'That's good!'
    Programmer: 'PowerPC is also cursed.'
    Judge: 'That's bad.'
    Programmer: 'But you get your choice of operating systems!'
    Judge: 'That's good!'
    Programmer: 'The operating systems run on Intel.' *pause* 'That's bad.'
    Judge: 'Can I go now?'