@ippsec said:
Personally, I really dislike the Realism vs CTF-Like in this thread. It’s really easy to lie to yourself and say the reason you didn’t get something was due to it being CTF-Like, or the author is a troll.
Thanks for being condescending and telling people that they’re lying to themselves and that their opinions are invalid. I’m going to stop thinking for myself right this second and go watch you fumble about on Jerry for fifty-two minutes instead.
@ippsec said:
Even if the problem is as stupid as you didn’t find the hidden directory! Guess what DFIR, after you pop boxes, is a thing. In the real world, files won’t magically be where you expect them to be, create good automated ways to hunt for that type of stuff. It’s super easy to pick a time period and hunt for documents around that time. I use this technique relatively frequently on real engagements if I see password resets I’ll go hunt for documents modified on the password reset date to see if they have a document somewhere with passwords.
Except nothing like this ever happens on this platform. Not even close. Finding IT support tickets in text-files-renamed-to-PNG files is completely different. Or having to play the CTF game to finally reveal the hidden l33t speak directory. Tell me, how would you suggest “automating” the process of discovering 7h1s_l33t_d1r3ct70ry_7h4t_u_c4n7_s3e
, since you’ve apparently already done it?
@3mrgnc3 said:
I mean, if the people in the community that are actually good can complete a hard box within 24 hours, and others are shouting troll because they have been stuck on it for a week. The problem isn’t necessarily with the box is it?
Unbelievable. You just don’t learn, do you? Unless you get bloods and pop boxes in 24h, you aren’t “actually good”? Got it. I’ll start using that as a metric for judging everyone I interact with here, starting with you.
Oh, wait, that’s right. You don’t have any bloods, either, just like all the other baddies in this thread. Hey, based on THAT, your opinion must be irrelevant too!
I kind of like this system!