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Q:  Is there a root CA for the CTF that we can trust?

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No.  A couple servers employ self-signed certificates - fingerprints below.

secure.openid.ctf.csail.mit.edu
SHA1 Fingerprint=39:20:1D:3E:B1:0E:E3:E4:8D:08:73:D9:DA:4E:F3:6E:68:1C:0E:CE

scoreboard.ctf.csail.mit.edu
SHA1 Fingerprint=77:FC:E5:32:F2:A7:9C:D4:59:A5:FF:4E:4C:A9:49:D4:4E:0F:CB:41

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Q:  My VM doesn't power off when I run "shutdown now".  Why?!

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I'm not sure.  What it does do is drop into single-user mode in console, giving you little control of anything if you're working via SSH.  Use the following instead:

# shutdown -h now

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Q:  I'm being prompted for a password when logging into Team VM.  Why isn't my pubkey working?

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SSH tries to guess which pubkey to use, and occasionally gets it wrong.  You can give it some hints by including the following in your ~/.ssh/config:

Host teamX.ctf.csail.mit.edu
    PubkeyAuthentication yes
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<name_of_priv_key_file>

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Q:  What am I allowed to change on the Team VM?

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You can do anything you want to the team VM (you'll have root-level access); however, some things will break our graders and you won't get points.  Here's a list of things you SHOULDN'T CHANGE:

• Apache MUST run on port 80
• OpenID-based registration MUST be enabled in Wordpress
• Login process MUST  bring the user back to main page
• Widgets for activated services MUST exist on the main page
• NTP service MUST be running
• Wordpress theme MUST be "Twenty Eleven 1.3"

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Q:  There used to be a scrimmage event on the calendar for Sunday, October 28, but it's no longer there.  Has it been cancelled?

Yes, the scrimmage has been cancelled, unfortunately, due to staffing constraints.

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Q:  How will the teams be able to identify PII (flags)?

Wiki MarkupThe PII will consist of strings of the form "piiXX_\[random string\]", where XX is the challenge number.

Q:  What is the mechanism for turning PII into money?

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