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First all-machine hacking tournament

  • 12-06-2016 03:49PM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 331 ✭✭


    Seven high performance computers will play an all-machine Capture the Flag contest, reverse engineering unknown binary software, authoring new IDS signatures, probing the security of opponent software, and re-mixing defended services with machine-generated patches and defenses.

    https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-24/dc-24-cgc.html


    Sounds crazy, looking forward to seeing it live :pac:


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  • #2
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭LoLth


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Seven high performance computers will play an all-machine Capture the Flag contest, reverse engineering unknown binary software, authoring new IDS signatures, probing the security of opponent software, and re-mixing defended services with machine-generated patches and defenses.

    https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-24/dc-24-cgc.html


    Sounds crazy, looking forward to seeing it live :pac:

    I can hear the commentary now

    "and big blue is blinking furiously. blink blink. blink blink. blink blink blink. "

    "oooooh did you hear the hard drives spin up on that? whats going on there that Cyberskiddie has to dumps its RAM in a hurry. Oh, TechnoGit just blinked, is it responsible?"

    Hope some of the contestants give a walkthrough of their systems and algorithms. I know the IDS sigs and patches will be released but I'd be interested in learning more about how they automate the process and skip the human element.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 331 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Haha absolutely! It'll be interesting to see how long it'll last and how they portray whats going on.

    It's on from 5-8 so I can't see it lasting three hours, I'd say the majority of that will be discussing each machine/team and analysis afterwords.


  • #4
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Thinly veiled "Im going to DefCon Nyah-nyah-na-na-na" post.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 331 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    syklops wrote: »
    Thinly veiled "Im going to DefCon Nyah-nyah-na-na-na" post.

    haha so I'll be seeing you there again? :pac:


  • #6
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Deleted User wrote: »
    haha so I'll be seeing you there again? :pac:

    Not unless I win the lotto in the next 6 weeks. Hence my bitter post.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 331 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    syklops wrote: »
    Not unless I win the lotto in the next 6 weeks. Hence my bitter post.

    I feel bad now, I'll grab you a t-shirt


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