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| ===== Challenges ===== | ===== Challenges ===== | ||
| - | * There will be 14 tasks of various difficulty levels, each will contain 1 flag; | + | * There will be 13 tasks of various difficulty levels, each will contain 1 flag; |
| * For maximum grade, you will only need to solve 10 (ANY) of them (the rest are bonus, though it doesn't count towards your final grade!); | * For maximum grade, you will only need to solve 10 (ANY) of them (the rest are bonus, though it doesn't count towards your final grade!); | ||
| * Challenges will be categorized jeopardy-style (e.g., crypto, binary, web, networking, misc) on the CTFd platform, which shall give you a hint of the methods to use to approach them; | * Challenges will be categorized jeopardy-style (e.g., crypto, binary, web, networking, misc) on the CTFd platform, which shall give you a hint of the methods to use to approach them; | ||
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| 1. Create an account on the web-based CTFd platform: | 1. Create an account on the web-based CTFd platform: | ||
| - | Link: https://isc2024.root.sx | + | Link: https://isc2025.root.sx |
| * use your UPB email (e.g. "prenume.nume@stud.acs.upb.ro" -- the domain is | * use your UPB email (e.g. "prenume.nume@stud.acs.upb.ro" -- the domain is | ||
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| (ask the assistants for help if you can't find it) | (ask the assistants for help if you can't find it) | ||
| - | Note: ALL flags have the same format, "ISC{...}", and length (with some | + | Note: ALL flags have the same format, "ISC{...}", and length (with a single |
| - | exceptions, e.g. `osint` & `hiddenports`)! | + | exception about length only, for the `osint` challenge)! |
| - | 4. For each task tried / solved, please leave the scripts used behing on the VM. | + | 4. For each task tried / solved, please leave the scripts you used on the VM. |
| - | !!!IMPORTANT!!! For backup/safety reasons, you should also create a `flag.txt` | + | !!!IMPORTANT!!! For backup/safety reasons, you should also create a `flags.txt` |
| - | file inside challenge directory to store it! | + | file inside challenges directory to store them all (you might also wish to copy |
| + | them locally)! Please prefix them with the name of the task (e.g., | ||
| + | `aes_rsa: ISC{asd_1337_xyz}`). | ||
| - | We are not to be held responsible for any lost flags on CTFd! | + | This is in case the CTFd platform crashes and loses its database (happened 2 years |
| - | (happened once :D ) | + | ago :D). |
| GL HF! | GL HF! | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
