[nycbug-talk] Fun CTF Distraction

[Andy Kosela]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Isaac Levy <ike at blackskyresearch.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A fun distraction, (more fun than the great weather?)
>
> A SF based web service put up a really nifty Capture The Flag:
>
>  https://stripe.com/blog/capture-the-flag
>
> Shout if you beat it, (but don't spoil it with the answers!)
>
> Looks like it's parttialy recruiting/advertsing stunt, but who cares, it's pretty darned fun…
> A few of us in my office are stuck on level3, (exploiting a setuid binary).
>
> Fun part: all the bits are there to do this, including C source code for the app, etc…
>
> Rocket-
> .ike

Yes, nice stuff.  Level 01 (PATH), and level 02 (PHP) are real easy,
but the real fun begins at level 03 and up :)

--Andy