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Wargames

What are Wargames?

  • Wargaming is a simulation of real hacking that is usually done on unix boxes. There are several kinds of styles. Some have two teams, defenders and attackers (hackers vs security) and some simply have attackers. The goal of the game is to gain root status.
  • Wargaming was actually created and designed by the US Government during the cold war against the Soviet Union. This was used to train officers to retrieve secret information from the soviets. A movie based on this was created: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames
  • Some corporations hold monthly wargaming sessions so that their system administrators are always prepared. Some use it as a means of hiring new employees.


Intro:

The purpose of a wargame server is to allow you to practice hacker tricks, without actually damaging anyone or breaking the law. With this technique, gaps in security can be discovered and the necessary precautions taken. The war games server is being developed further by us. If anyone would like to offer us some support or give us some ideas, we are to be found under the following mail address: wargames@astalavista.com

Important:

Please write whitepapers. Whitepapers are documents, in which all the steps are mentioned, you needed to reach one of the targets. All the whitepapers should be sent to wargames@astalavista.com . Of course, we are going to publish them within the memberportal after some weeks.

Rules:

  • No outgoing activity will be allowed from any box within our wargames suite. We do not want anyone launching attacks from our platforms. We are not liable for any activities going on upon the server, as we do not have control over it. With this, we will aid the authorities if anything unlawful does occur.
  • Do not tamper with log files or the logging features in place. We will not tolerate any form of nukes, floods or DoS Attacks. We do not want to find any unethical or immoral actions being performed upon our servers. The war games are here for you and your peers to have fun, learn and expand your knowledge of "hacking" legally. Please do not turn this into something illegal.
  • If you do get root PLEASE DO NOT pull an . rm -rf /. or any form of file removal that you have not created. Please remember the servers are here for all of us to learn from.
  • If a gap in security is found, please do NOT try to remove it: other people also want to try out this security gap. More important: Make a whitepaper with the information on how to deal with it, and send it to us: wargames@astalavista.com
  • If root-rights should be reached, please do not make any alterations in the system configuration (bug fixes, etc).
  • Don't give any hints to other users, how to reach the targets. Everyone should reach them himself! This means: No topics about exploits in the forum!


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