Re: hacking games

[Fionnbharr <thouth () gmail com>]

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4 Different wargames -

Vortex
    By touring through the most common exploitable bugs, users of this
wargame are expected to have gained mastery in the basic fundamentals
of system exploitation.
Semtex
    Network-Based challenges, builds skills used in creating
server/client applications and challenges the user to figure out
problems with various network protocols.
Blacksun
    Blacksun is a wargame for learning more advanced exploitation
techniques against hardened hosts and environments.
Drifter
    Drifter is a new wargame, along the lines of vortex. It is
currently under development, if you would like to contribute levels /
ideas, please contact us. At this point in time, there is 5 levels.

Come check out our IRC server too at irc.overthewire.org, everyone is
usually very friendly.

2008/5/8 0x90 <secbasics () spam gagspace com>:
>  Weird. I can't seem to find the original post to quote, I only see the
>  responses. I will just guess what the original question was ;)
>
>  Last year I wrote / posted my game to this list.
>
>  http://hax.tor.hu/
>
>  It isn't boring overcomplicated javascript, but neither smashing the stack
> /
>  defeating grsec type challenges.
>  A little bit of everything that is basic.
>
>  I hope it's useful information for at least one person.
>
>  Best regards,
>  0x90
>
>  (list of challenges)
>  Level 1. Make a nasa.gov URL display a text of my choice
>  Level 2. debfKNH1AvtBo deGH9Aq./kiSY denjFRfA8kzL2
>  Level 3. Recognize
>  Level 4. IP address is 72.14.221.104. What contains 'art' that points to
> it?
>  Level 5. Password is the owl's name
>  Level 6. Let's see you do some easy SQL ninjitsu
>  Level 7. snifflog.txt - ngrep format
>  Level 8. Password is on a picture: not available from anywhere
>  Level 9. Elementary Maths
>  Level 10. A poem
>  Level 11. As simple as hashing a string
>  Level 12. Ultra Turing
>  Level 13. PHP with source - needs exploiting and/or o-o-t-b thinking
>  Level 14. Recognize #2
>  Level 15. download.com's uptime
>  Level 16. root:hsmfs;g@10.0.0.5
>  Level 17. Feed me!
>  Level 18. Find all usernames
>  Level 19. red+blue+green = ?
>  Level 20. Recognize #3
>  Level 21. Backdoor on a suspended domain
>  Level 22. MS-Word
>  Level 23. Too easy
>  Level 24. Defense Intelligence Agency
>  Level 25. BitNinja
>  Level 26. PHP filemanager with source - needs more exploit
>  Level 27. The photo doesn't load
>  Level 28. telnet://hax.tor.hu:1800 - Google Word Game
>  Level 29. Circumvent PHP filters for XSS
>  Level 30. Create the given image using a number
>  Level 31. Find all usernames v2.0
>  Level 32. Exploit file2image.php
>  Level 33. Defense Information Systems Agency - 199.57.1.130
>  Level 34. Password is in the image
>  Level 35. Follow the pattern
>  Level 36. Root password needed
>  Level 37. password = f(200)
>  Level 38. Name the malware
>  Level 39. China Science And Technology Network
>  Level 40. I can has satellite?
>  Level 41. Poem vs PHP
>  Level 42. Criminal Minds FBI haxor scene
>  Level 43. CNN's router
>  Level 44. Blind SQL injection
>  Level 45. Frogs n Toads
>  Level 46. Seizure!!!!!!!
>  Level 47. Backdoor is listening on host - find it
>  Level 48. .htaccess editor vs basic auth
>  Level 49. Forged DNS from the CIA
>  Level 50. No info