> If you participated in the recent Stripe.com Capture The Flag contest without using a VPN or staged connection (ssh), then you really didn't put very much tho

> If you participated in the recent Stripe.com Capture The Flag contest without using a VPN or staged connection (ssh), then you really didn't put very much thought into what could happen if some malicious person rooted the game server and attacked the game participants. What damage could an attacker cause? (And how would a VPN help?)