OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference/ctf - Revision history

Brennan at 02:35, 3 September 2008

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‎Rules

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‎Rules

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‎Rules

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‎How do I know when I've solved a challenge?

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‎How do I know when I've solved a challenge?

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‎The Contest

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‎Rules

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 # The entire competition is hosted on the same server for each team. If you find a hack that can modify the contents of the filesystem or disrupt the challenges in any way, e-mail Dan Guido with the details and he will give you bonus points.
 # DoS attacks are not allowed and will result in disqualification
 == Communications ==

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 # You may only submit an answer to a given question once
 # The use of commercial tools is forbidden (we suggest using [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Download OWASP tools])
-# The entire competition is hosted on the same server for each team. If you find a hack which can modify the contents of the filesystem or disrupt the challenges in any way, e-mail Dan Guido with the details and he will give you bonus points.
+# The entire competition is hosted on the same server for each team. If you find a hack that can modify the contents of the filesystem or disrupt the challenges in any way, e-mail Dan Guido with the details and he will give you bonus points.
 # DoS attacks are not allowed and will result in disqualification
 # The only legal play times are between September 24th X:XXam and September 25th X:XXpm

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 # You may submit answers in any order
 # You may only submit an answer to a given question once
-# Unless you are the author of the tool, the use of commercial tool is forbidden (we suggest using [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Download OWASP tools])
+# The use of commercial tools is forbidden (we suggest using [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Download OWASP tools])
 # The entire competition is hosted on the same server for each team. If you find a hack which can modify the contents of the filesystem or disrupt the challenges in any way, e-mail Dan Guido with the details and he will give you bonus points.
 # DoS attacks are not allowed and will result in disqualification

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 # You may submit answers in any order
 # You may only submit an answer to a given question once
-# Unless you are the author of the tool, the use of all commercial tools are forbidden (we suggest using [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Download OWASP tools])
+# Unless you are the author of the tool, the use of commercial tool is forbidden (we suggest using [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Download OWASP tools])
 # The entire competition is hosted on the same server for each team. If you find a hack which can modify the contents of the filesystem or disrupt the challenges in any way, e-mail Dan Guido with the details and he will give you bonus points.
 # DoS attacks are not allowed and will result in disqualification

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 === How do I know when I've solved a challenge? ===
-The "answer" to most of the challenges are a string of random numbers, an MD5 sum, or a SHA1 sum which you will recognize when you get one. A few challenges require you to deface webpages or other tasks. Those challenges will specify how to know you're done.
+The "answer" to most of the challenges are a string of random numbers, an MD5 sum, or a SHA1 sum that you will recognize when you find. A few challenges require you to deface webpages or other tasks. Those challenges will specify how to know you're done.
 === How do I redeem my answers for points? ===

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 == The Contest ==
-The CTF competition is arranged into a series of 30+ mini-challenges which each demonstrate a specific web application security vulnerability. They are grouped into categories of Easy, Medium, and Hard each worth 100, 250, and 500 points, respectively.
+The CTF competition is arranged into a series of 30+ mini-challenges that each demonstrate a specific web application security vulnerability. They are grouped into categories of Easy, Medium, and Hard each worth 100, 250, and 500 points, respectively.
 === How do I know when I've solved a challenge? ===

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 == Awards ==
 Awards for the top competitors and others will be given out at the end of the conference. Don't ask me what the prizes are, I have no idea. Also note, there will be more categories than just "top 3 best overall."
 == Project Committee ==

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 == Rules ==
 # Registering for the CTF competition does not force you to participate
-# Only use your team e-mail for communicating with Dan
+# Only use your team e-mail (the e-mail you signed up with) for communicating with Dan
 # You may submit answers in any order
 # You may only submit an answer to a given question once