# Snyk Fetch the Flag CTF 2023 writeup: Honey Baked Messages

DevFeed: [Snyk Fetch the Flag CTF 2023 writeup: Honey Baked Messages](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/snyk-fetch-the-flag-ctf-2023-writeup-honey-baked-messages-8128.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/snyk-fetch-the-flag-ctf-2023-writeup-honey-baked-messages/>)

Author: John Hammond

Published: 2023-11-30T09:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [ctf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ctf.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>)

Tags: [awareness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/awareness.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [ctf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ctf.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [external](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/external.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snyk.md>)

## AI overview

A solution write-up for Snyk's 2023 Fetch the Flag CTF Honey Baked Messages challenge. It explains how to recognize and use (7, 4) Hamming codes to error-correct a file and recover the flag.

## Source excerpt

If you were at Snyk's 2023 Fetch the Flag and are looking for the answer to the Honey Baked Messages challenge, you've come to the right place. Let's walk through the solution together!