Overview

h3X paints a picture. Actually, she doesn t really paint but rather just creates a plain white canvas of 256 by 512 pixels in Microsoft Paint, because you can hardly do more with that program than the equivalent of the childish drawings young parents hang on the walls of their cubicles to scare away art-interested managers. The reason h3X does create the picture is not for the artistic content but rather for the file format created when she clicks on Save as in the menu. The white box becomes a data file with the extension .bmp, and that s what she is after

h3X is a hackse a female hacker, and has been around in this environment for some time. Not that she would consider herself a pro or, even worse, a 1337 hacker. Sure, she knows her kung-fu, but she rather sees the whole hacking thing as a process and an excellent way to constantly learn and have fun at the same time. It s always a mental challenge. Look at what you ve got, try to gain access via some unexpected data, timing, order or whatever comes to your mind, see if it works or not, draw conclusions, learn, repeat. The thrill of understanding what s going on and having your insight certified by a remote root shell is magnitudes more exciting than just hacking the box.

The picture h3X is working with is nothing special yet. So far, it s just another .bmp file...