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author = "Maik de Kruif"
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title = "Intro to AdventOfCTF"
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subtitle = "AdventOfCTF"
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date = 2020-12-02T17:10:12+01:00
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description = "Challenge 0 of AdventOfCTF."
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cover = "img/writeups/adventofctf/2020/advent_of_ctf_coming_soon.png"
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tags = [
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"AdventOfCTF",
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"challenge",
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"ctf",
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"hacking"
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]
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categories = [
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"ctf",
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"hacking",
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]
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So, I'm in this Discord server and somebody by the name [@credmp](https://twitter.com/credmp) thought it'd be a great idea to do an advent calendar of CTF challenges. Every day of december, up until christmas, a new challenge will open up. It starts out easy, accessible to anyone and will grow in complexity as time progresses.
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For me, this will be a good opportunity to share some insight in these kind of challenges for people who aren't familiar with them.
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To get an overview of all my writeups for this CTF, go [here](/tags/adventofctf/).
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## What is a CTF?
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CTF stand for Capture The Flag, it's a kind of information security competition that challenges participants to solve a variety of puzzles. The challenges range from a scavenger hunt on wikipedia to basic programming exercises, to hacking your way into a server to steal data. In these challenges, you are usually asked to find a specific piece of text that may be hidden on the server or behind a webpage. This text is called a flag, hence the name "Capture The Flag".
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