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NYU Poly CSAW CTF


From: CSAW CTF <csaw_ctf () isis poly edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:14:45 -0400

NYU Poly, the ISIS lab and friends are proud to announce the CSAW
Application Security Capture The Flag Competition!

The CSAW CTF is an attack-only application security CTF that consists
of two rounds.  For more details and rules see:  http://www.poly.edu/csaw-CTF

== Qualification Round ==
September 24, 2010; 20:00 EST - September 26, 2010; 20:00 EST
Registration Deadline:  September 24, 2010; 00:00 EST
Competition accessible via the Internet.
URL will be e-mailed to everyone who registers.
Register here:  http://www.poly.edu/csaw/register (Make sure you check
the 'Capture the Flag Application Security Challenge' checkbox)

The qualification round is open to high school students, undergraduate
students, graduate students, and industry professionals, but only
undergraduates located in the continental U.S. can compete for prizes
and qualify for the final round.  The CTF will consist of a wide
variety of challenges in many different categories.  Each category
will have a range of easy to difficult challenges, so everyone can
play.  Challenges are designed in such a way that everyone will be
able to gain something from participating in the CTF.

Categories
 + Trivia
 + Web Security
 + Exploitation
 + Reverse Engineering
 + Cryptography
 + Forensics

== Final Round ==
October 29, 2010; 8:00 EST - October 29, 2010; 12:00 EST
On campus at NYU Poly, during CSAW.
Only the top ten undergraduate teams will qualify for the final round.
Finalists will receive travel accommodations to New York City for the
final round to compete for cash and scholarship prizes.

All information and updates will be posted to http://www.poly.edu/csaw-CTF

The CSAW CTF Team

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