[ubuntu-in] [OT] InCTF - India's First National Level CTF-Style Ethical Hacking Contest

[Hrishikesh Murali]

Hi,

I am Hrishikesh Murali from Amrita University, Amritapuri Campus, Kerala. We
are conducting a national level "Capture The Flag" style ethical hacking
contest (http://inctf.amrita.ac.in) at the student level. We aim to spread
the awareness of security and secure coding practices with a practical
"Capture The Flag" style contest.

The contest is very similar to other CTF's such as "CIPHER4, CIPHER5" (
http://www.cipher-ctf.org), "HARCTF" (http://ctf.hcesperer.org/*harctf*/)
and ruCTFE (http://ructf.org/e/). The only difference being that it is only
within India, and at the student level.

I hope you can spread the word to as many student communities as possible to
spread the need of secure coding :) The descripton of the contest is given
below:

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*Amrita University & TIFAC CORE* <http://www.amrita.edu/cyber> in
association with VeriSign <http://www.verisign.com/> and InfoSecurity
present *InCTF’10*, India’s First National Level "Capture the Flag"
Style *Ethical
HACKING contest*.

InCTF’10 is from *February to March 2010* and is focused exclusively on the
student community. You can participate from your own university and no
travel is required. No prior exposure or experience in cyber security needed
to participate.

Prerequisite to participate is familiarity with any programming language.
Working knowledge of Linux is highly desirable but not necessary; learn
essential skills as you participate!!!

Form a team (max five members from your college), and register online
athttp://inctf.amrita.ac.in/register.php

Learn more about a CTFhttp://inctf.amrita.ac.in/why_participate.html#what-is-ctf

Registration fee is Rs.150/-  per team.

Exciting prizes to be won:
 Rs. 40,000The winning team receives a cash prize of Rs. 40000/- Rs. 30,000 The
first runner-up team receives a cash prize of Rs. 30000/-Rs. 20,000 The
second runners-up team receives a cash prize of Rs. 20000/-
Special Prizes

   - *Top 30 teams* get a* CASH* prize, *Certificates of merit* and other *
   goodies*
   - Special prize for the University with *maximum participation*
   - Faculty mentors of the *Top 5 colleges* get special prizes
   - College with the winning team will be awarded a "*Champion University*"
   award
   - Winning teams will be considered to participate in an *internship
   program at VeriSign* for the next cycle which starts in July 2010

More details visit inctf online at http://inctf.amrita.ac.in

Follow us on *Twitter* @inctf <http://twitter.com/inctf> |
Facebook<http://facebook.com/InCTF>
 *| Contact Us:* inctf at am.amrita.edu
*Event Sponsor* : Verisign | *Media Partner*: InfoSecurity | *Publicity*: Event
Poster <http://inctf.amrita.ac.in/poster.jpg>

PS: Please forward this to your friends and others who may be interested
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Thanks and Regards,
Hrishikesh Murali
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