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> There may have been others, but this is how I remember it. Uh, yeah, DC949 ran Open Capture The Flag (OCTF) at Defcon from 2005 through at least 2010[0]. We
by merlincorey 4y ago
> There may have been others, but this is how I remember it.
Uh, yeah, DC949 ran Open Capture The Flag (OCTF) at Defcon from 2005 through at least 2010[0].
We later ran the original Barcode Shmarcode[1] contest during Snowpocalypse at Shmoocon so I know the Ghost in the Shellcode team was at least somewhat aware of DC949.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gs2Ja6Gt4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gs2Ja6Gt4Q - DEFCON 18: oCTF: 5 years in 50 minutes 1/4 (2010)
[1] https://www.shmoocon.org/barcode-shmarcode/ https://www.shmoocon.org/barcode-shmarcode/ - Shmoocon: Barcode Shmarcode
- psifertex 4y agoI agree there were many others (beyond even these I can think of a several), but I think Ryan was mainly referring to was how many were regular online CTFs at the time. Wasn't both barcode-shmarcode and oCTF both more in-person events than available online?
- merlincorey 4y agoSorry for the late reply, but you are correct, both events were in-person at the conferences!
- withzombies 4y agoYou're right, DEFCON had a competition called Amateur CTF that I remember now. My apologies (it's been 13 years!), but I did say that it was how I remembered it. :) At the time ACTF was very overshadowed by DEFCON CTF and it wasn't really front of mind when I wrote the blog post.