CTF - Capture The Flag

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What is CTF ?

Capture The Flag is an activity, more of a competition where-in hacking rivalries are actually similar to the primary individual shooter game mode. One group of players endeavor to find and catch a rival group's 'flag' while likewise guarding theirs. In CTF competitions, the flag is normally a bit of code, a bit of equipment on a system, or maybe a record. In different cases, the opposition may advance through a progression of inquiries, similar to a race. 

Fig.  Tris captures the flag and leading Dauntless to thumping victory.

 

Advent of CTF !

The absolute first digital security CTF created and facilitated was in 1996 at DEFCON in Las Vegas, Nevada. DEFCON is the biggest digital security meeting in the United States and it was authoritatively begun in 1993 by Jeff Moss. DEFCON had become a stage for an abilities rivalry and as the Internet developed, both DEFCON and the CTF rivalries did too. CTF rivalries have gotten worldwide as they didn't have any outskirts and should be possible by means of the Internet. Universal groups were vying for various kinds of prizes and boasting rights.

 

Why CTF ?

Digital security is a high need of organizations, little and large, as digital assaults have been on the ascent as of late. In light of these assaults, security experts and undergrads have experienced thorough preparing as how programmers can get into the organizations and how to protect against them. One method for digital security preparing is through a digital security capture the flag (CTF) competition. A digital security CTF is an opposition between security experts as well as leaners and researchers finding out about digital security. This opposition is utilized as a learning device for everybody that is keen on digital security and it can help hone the devices they have mastered during their preparation.

CTFs can either be single occasions or continuous difficulties — and regularly fall into three primary classes: Jeopardy, Attack-Defense, and mixed. 

Types of CTF ?

Jeopardy 

A Jeopardy-style CTF is giving a few assignments or purported "challenges" in a wide scope of PC and system security classes, including Web, Forensic, Crypto, Binary, Reverse Engineering, Mobile Security, IoT, Secure Programming. Groups are not playing against every others. The more difficulties they tackle, the more troublesome undertakings they do, the better they score in the peril CTF scoreboard. 

Attack/Defense

An Attack/Defense CTF is truly spicing up the peril style CTF. Each group has its own "helpless" servers and administrations. Groups must assault different groups application while shielding their own from being hacked. Groups must keep their administrations ready for action and should settle extra undertakings and accomplishments in equal.

 

Mixed 

As the name proposes, mixed competitions are a mixture of Jeopardy and Attack-Defend  types. Some of the time coordinators will section the contest into events. On different occasions coordinators may divide teams  to contend in simultaneous rounds  of various styles.

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