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Check any CTF or hacking contest (like Defcon CTF) They use FreeBSD as a playground.
by aortega 12y ago
Check any CTF or hacking contest (like Defcon CTF) They use FreeBSD as a playground.
- ShaneWilton 12y agoThe last time I saw FreeBSD used in a CTF, it was FreeBSD 6, back in the Kenshoto days. FreeBSD has come a long way since then. Nowadays, other than the odd ARM problem, or esoteric reversing challenge, everything is Linux. It doesn't matter anyway, though, since CTFs are designed with the express purpose of being insecure. I'm as big a fan of OpenBSD as anyone, but there's no reason someone couldn't intentionally cripple OpenBSD to use as a platform for CTFs.
- Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 12y agoI've only been playing CTFs for 2 years (iCTF 2013), but I don't think I've seen FreeBSD there once. In my experience, it's 99% Linux, with some occasional Windows and Android. Then there was last ruCTFe making a point of using some more obscure systems - Minix, OpenIndiana, etc.
- gonzo 12y agoThe team that won the Collegiate Cyber Defense Nationals last year did so with a firewall based on freebsd (pfSense). https://hackucf.org/blog/pfsense-at-hackucf/ https://hackucf.org/blog/pfsense-at-hackucf/