Once again ... kenshoto will be running the Defcon Capture the Flag contest in 2006. This year's CtF will be a knock-down-drag-out-cyberninja war, the likes of which the world has never seen (except maybe last year).
For the qualifying round, we've widened the scope from last year. With multiple challenges in various categories, there's something for every hacker, regardless of skillset (except running scripts and writing perl). The core skill for this contest will be finding vulnerabilities in software. Those of you who have avoided playing in CtF because you think it is for lamers, we bet you can't find all our vulnerabilities. Teams will still need to defend a server, and will need to be able to exploit the vulnerabilities they find. As last year, the vulnerabilities will be 100%-custom, so leave your nessus, metasploit and core impact bullshit at home. There will be a qualifying round, which will start on Friday, June 9th at 10:00 PM EDT. Only 8 teams will qualify. Last year's winners,Shellphish, are automatically qualified (leaving 7 team slots), unless they too decide to play in the qualifying round, in which case they willstill need to place in the top 8. Registration is currently open at http://kenshoto.com/quals/ We encourage anyone (even individuals) to attempt to qualify, even if as a learning experience. We intend quals to be enjoyable for everyone,regardless of your plans for Defcon. Challenges will range wildlyin difficulty from Mitnick to Eagle we've got it all.Good luck... you're going to need it. -kenshoto _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
