Hi, The 2nd August Penguin Hacking Contest (APCHII) will take place on August 4th, in the August Penguin conference.
This year, we decided to go back to the old meaning of the word 'hacker' (translating from the Hebrew Wikipedia): "A hacker is a term used to describe different types of computer experts. Especially, computer experts with the technical knowledge of bypassing borders. [Hackers] are well known for their abilities in the programming field and in rapid programming of software" This is your chance to prove if you are a real "hacker" in the old sense - if you know your way around a Linux system, and can quickly program utilities to help you do what you need, come up and show your skills. Unlike last year, the contest is individual - each person can sign up for the contest, and start solving the questions. There is a time limit of 30 minutes afterwhich you must vacate your sit to the next person in line - but you can return shortly after to resume the competition; this way you can listen to the lectures, enjoy the atmosphere and hack - all in one day... Example to questions: Easy question (1 pt): "what is the current path" Medium question (2 pts): "Convert the following hex file to ASCII" Hard question (4 pts): "Use a format string attack to modify a certain pointer and execute an alternative function" There are about 50 questions in the competition, about a third of each difficulty level and some bonus questions. Prizes: The winners in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places will get 500, 300 and 200 NIS in book coupons. Prizes are sponsored by Beyond Security. For more information about August Pengiun, see: http://august.penguin.org.il/ For more information about APCHII, see: http://august.penguin.org.il/hack.html - Aviram ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
