Alexander "al3x" Payne, Chris Adams and Christian Woodward took great collaborative notes at ToorCon using SubEthaEdit, a Rendezvous-enabled text-editor for OS X.
a. Introduction to Root-Fu
– What is a hacker?
+ Deep knowledge: finding/writing exploits, breaking in, fixing, alluding capture
+ Classical hacking: physical security, dumpster diving, social engineering, phreaking
– What is a hacker contest?
+ The problem: how do you test a hacker's mettle in 2-3 days?
+ Limiting script kiddy BS
+ Finding/developing sploits
= Coming in with predefined sploits doesn't make a good contest; DIY sploit dev
+ Teamwork
= Range of skills required to own modern, complex systems
+ Integration of classical hacking
= Physical, espionage, information gathering
+ Challenge of scoring
+ Fast-paced game
(via Al3x)
