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Re:Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag by milkshakes on Thursday February 23, 2012 @06:31AM (#3624552)
the competition wasn't "DOS the box", it was "capture the flag". this is charlie sheen "winning" at best
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Re:Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag by Drbble on Thursday February 23, 2012 @07:23AM (#3624673)
The competition was "Teach Stripe the fundamentals of computer security". Resource quotas is one of those fundamentals.
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Re:Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag by milkshakes on Thursday February 23, 2012 @08:18AM (#3624792)
Your goal is to read the contents of /home/level02/.password.

Not sure how exhausting resources will advance you toward that goal.

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Re:Hack your way through Stripe's Capture the Flag by lkozma on Thursday February 23, 2012 @07:28AM (#3624690)
Not sure about Charlie Sheen, but hacking is all about ignoring what the competition is supposed to be and doing what is possible.
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