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261 points • by tripdout • today at 3:27 AM • 43 comments • view on HN

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zerotolerance • today at 5:00 PM

I learned a ton through similar exercises on cyberarmy.com back in like 2002. Looks like it is still online: https://www.ca-zeb.com

rschachte • today at 1:51 PM

I was doing this on the side for fun and learned a lot.

I believe the professors that helped originate this idea were a group of hacker PhD students from UC Santa Barbara that moved over to Arizona State. Adam Doupe was my professor his first year and an absolutely stellar academic and teacher.

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xavdid • today at 8:45 AM

Not sure if the devs are here, but please don't justify your text! It makes the lines all have huge spaces in the middle. It's much harder to read as a result.

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bitforger • today at 5:53 AM

reminds me of high school trying to beat hackthissite.org, OverTheWire, SmashTheStack

simpler times

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solyin • today at 8:28 AM

Why so deferential about posting write-ups? I'd just have a rule that says don't post write-ups and posting a write-up will get you banned from future editions or something.

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knightzone • today at 8:11 AM

We had this as a part of our reverse engineering and exploitation minor, amazing experience.

MisterMunchkin • today at 7:10 AM

It looks very comprehensive, and I love the fact that they will actually send you a belt if you do all the levels.

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cantalopes • today at 6:13 AM

Very cool project, reminds me of days playing with owasp webgoat

ozozozd • today at 5:23 AM

Hugged to death.

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hollowonepl • today at 7:57 AM

yes, I know it for years, play with it when I have time. really cool.

this and telehack.com is nice entertainment

anonym29 • today at 12:16 PM

Neat concept, but utterly disgusting that Discord is still used as a social platform. Matrix is much less odious.

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enahs-sf • today at 6:31 AM

Cool idea.

nicechianti • today at 5:52 AM

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learningmore • today at 4:53 AM

“ You have entered the pwn.college DOJO, an education platform for learners to develop and practice core cybersecurity skills in a hands-on fashion. Entering, you receive your "white belt" , signifying the beginning of your hacker life.”

Vaushite • today at 4:17 AM

And yet, the highest scores on the scoreboard are 10, which happens to be the score you get by completing the tutorials for using pwn.college.

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