@3mrgnc3 said:
Hey peeps,Just my 2 cents worth also.
If I make a box my intentions are typically these.
- Try to include useful learning points that replicate a realistic exploit process.
- Create something custom that I’ve never done before (so you and I can both learn from it).
- Try to build it around a narrative that has a flow.
- Include mundane chaff on the box (because real-world stuff has that)
- If people try to speed hack and treat it as a ctf I will troll you on that. (so if you think my box is ctf-like, that is why. )
Nothing on my boxes is designed to be “guessed”. If you feel you are doing that, I suggest you have some gaps in your knowledge or skills, and need to learn how to enumerate the application/system you are dealing with.
I write a comprehensive walkthrough detailing the logic of every step for the HTB team to review when I submit a box. I write it as a imaginary attacker using logic to go from one step to another. If I find a step that has a leap or gap, I modify the box to include a necessary clue so the attacker won’t need to guess anything if they have completed their enum process fully.
I like the idea of a category matrix that will allow everyone to indicate and adjust how the community would categorize a box.
Something like this maybe?
This way we can see honest feedback and can improve the quality of boxes over time.
As a box maker, personally I can take the haters of any box I make for free.
I’ve been around the block enough to know that no matter how good your intentions or sentiments are, haters gonna hate on you on the interwebs.
Frankly, I always expect some people to dislike the boxes I make.
That is fine. You are entitled to your opinion. I still respect you.I still love you all. Really, I do.
Yes. I like to troll, trash talk and shitpost from time to time. But I’m no hypocrite and can take it back too.My advise to other makers is
“Don’t get buthurt when people say your baby is ugly!”
I’ve released some poorly conceived offspring in the past (my 1st Vulnhub box was pretty poor looking back now :lol: )
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THIS.
Perfect.
Please continue to make boxes.