The new Root the Box IX site is live! We think it looks amazing and would like to thank David Mayman for all of his sleepless nights! Tell us what you think of the new site Here!
Root the box IX has been rescheduled to Spring 2013. More information to come soon!
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Preregistration for Root the Box IX: Some Assembly Required will be open shortly.
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Root the Box is a safe sand box where students can fail, succeed, and experiment without fear of any legal repercussions. The barrier for entry in well established CTF competitions is often extremely high, and requires large amounts of prerequisite knowledge. We believe that the fun, adrenaline fueled practice of attacking computer systems can engage students through an interactive learning experience that cannot be reproduced in a classroom environment.
Teams compete against one another to capture the largest number of flags, while earning money which can be spent to impair their opponents or aid their own team.
Flags often include finding vulnerabilities of web applications, application misconfigurations, binary reverse engineering, social engineering and more.
The game consists of various levels which all contain unique flags of varying difficulty. Teams can unlock new levels by either paying money or capturing every flag on that level.
The Root the Box challenges range from very basic to moderately complex. Challenges are taken from a wide array of disciplines such as reverse engineering, web application exploitation and social engineering, promoting participation from students of all skill levels.
You may choose up to one partner. You and your partner will be randomly paired with other participants to create a team of four. We find this helps distribute talent and forces everyone to make new friends.
Prizes will be given for various achievements such as "worst password", and "best physiological melt-down".
Many of the organizers for Root the Box are active members of a local student run security research group called Buffer[Overflow]. Public meetings are held the third Thurday of the month at UAT starting at 7:30 p.m. in room 253. Meetings cover a range of security related topics, many are directly related to Root the Box. If you're looking for a place to learn from fellow practitioners, and increase your skills we strongly encourage you to attend meetings! Additionally the Phoenix OWASP chapter holds monthly meetings in the UAT theater.
You will need a laptop or desktop computer. We recommend, regardless of your setup, that via virtualization or dual booting you have access to both Linux and Windows operating systems.
Anyone can play, however Root the Box is aimed at college students who want to learn more about information security or just enjoy hacking.
Yes, Fork us on Github (Apache v2). We also welcome code contributions, and bug fixes!.
The boxes and other challenges are aimed at introductory and intermediate skill levels; you only need a basic understanding of how to use Windows and/or Linux. We also have skilled advisers to whom you can ask questions during the competition if you don't understand all the subtleties of a specific tool or exploit. Persons of all skill levels are strongly encouraged to participate, the educational potential in events such as Root the Box cannot be overstated. At the very least you will learn the areas in which you should focus your studies.
We have tentative plans to allow competitors to VPN into the local network if they are not in the Phoenix, AZ area but at this time we have not implemented it so you must be on-site to play.
Hacking, music, pizza, highly caffeinated beverages, and employment opportunities.
See The Art of War.
If this is your first time at Root the Box, you are highly encouraged to participate. However, you can come to just watch.
