Defcon Capture the Flag: Defending Vulnerable Code from Intense Attack

Crispin Cowan; Seth Arnold; Steve Beattie; Chris Wright; John Viega

doi:10.1109/DISCEX.2003.1194878

DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition,

Defcon Capture the Flag: Defending Vulnerable Code from Intense Attack

Year: 2003, Volume: 2, Pages: 120

DOI Bookmark: 10.1109/DISCEX.2003.1194878

Authors

Crispin Cowan, WireX Communications, Inc.
Seth Arnold, WireX Communications, Inc.
Steve Beattie, WireX Communications, Inc.
Chris Wright, WireX Communications, Inc.
John Viega, Secure Software Inc.

Abstract

Defcon?s Capture the Flag (CtF) game is the largest open computer security hacking game. This year?s CtF hat rules that made it particularly difficult to be a successful defender. We entered an Immunix server, comprised of five years of IA&S, OASIS, FTN, and CHATS technologies, to see whether this system could survive sustained attack from determined experts. We describe our experience surviving Defcon CtF.

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