This 'quest' section already exists,
and I'm happy to see I'm not the only one waiting for a new quest
(Vroom !!!what are you doing ;-)

But Anyway I'm a 'challenge' fan, so whatever we the name(quest/contest/workshop)
It's a good idea...

To give my 2 cents idea on a quest :

It would be fun to define and code the tests that a decent crypto-system should pass
to be more than crackable-by-my-sister.
(I had this idea after seeing some crypto stuff here being downvoted
beccause they weren't not strong enough)

There are several objectives :

1) Use Perl !(Of course)
2) Stop the spread of 'hey what do you think about my new XOR crypto-system?'
3) Learn from other (Tilly,Wombat I know you'll help here...)
4) Try to bring new Ideas on coding/crypto
5) Show newcomers the basics and pitfalls of simple crypto-systems.

I repeat it : the goal IS NOT to make a new crypto system, BUT define and code the (minimal) test a wanabe crypto-system should pass to be decent.

"Trying to be a SMART lamer" (thanx to Merlyn ;-)