Compression isn't encryption — DalCTF 2026

A 192-bit Huffman stream and a frequency table; the textbook min-heap decode looks perfect (wrapped in dalctf{}, zero leftover bits) yet is wrong — matching the encoder’s tie-break policy recovers the real flag.

June 6, 2026 · 8 min · 1599 words · Th3B0yWh0L1v3d