Are the tasks progressively more difficult?
The CTF Time listing for it indicates that it is "Jeopardy" format, which I assume means categories with increasing value/difficulty. It also lists the competition as being open for 24 hours.
Thank you, I got a similar answer over on IRC. I know jeopardy but just the main idea so I could not deduce that :p
> CryptoCTF is starting tomorrow, August 10th, at 06:00 EDT.
Kind of poor timing…
What is a CTF?
A "Capture the Flag" game. A style of digital security simulation game thing.
The CryptoCTF FAQ page has a link to this site[0], which helps explain what a CTF is.
The address of the live chat channel is freenode ##cryptoCTF