Word is in from up on high, kenshoto will be running the Defcon Capture the Flag contest in 2005. This year's CtF will be a knock-down-drag-out-cyberninja war, the likes of which the world has never seen. 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. The vulnerabilities are going to be custom-written, so packetstorm archives and nmap aren't going to help you win. There will be a qualifying round, which will start on Friday, June 3rd at 10:00 PM EDT. Only 7 teams and 12 individuals will qualify. Last year's winners, Sk3wl0fR00t, are automatically qualified (leaving 6 team slots), unless they too decide to play in the qualifying round, in which case they've still got to place in the top 8. Registration is currently open at http://kenshoto.com/teamsubmit/ This year, we're not only going to accept teams, we'll also accept lone warriors. Such ronin won't have to defend anything, but will otherwise be playing the same game. We encourage anyone to attempt to qualify, even if as a learning experience. Good luck... you're going to need it. -kenshoto
