Rules and terms
Hack-o-ween. By creating an account you accept the rules below (version v1).
Competition rules
Play solo or in a team of 2. Sign up with your @dubai.bits-pilani.ac.in address. Most challenges give every team its own flag and files: sharing flags or files with another team is detected and leads to disqualification. Play fair. Submissions, downloads and challenge views are logged for integrity review. Organizers may issue per-team or decoy values. Violations may lead to disqualification after human review; you will be told the outcome and can respond.
What we log
To keep the competition fair we keep a record of:
- account creation, sign-ins and sign-outs;
- which challenges you view;
- file downloads;
- hint unlocks;
- every flag submission and its result (right or wrong);
- team changes: creating, joining, leaving, renaming and removing members.
IP addresses are never stored as such: only a keyed, truncated pseudonym is kept (the network part, never your exact address). This data is used only to protect competition integrity and is reviewed by humans. There are no automatic penalties: software only flags things for organizers to look at, and any sanction is decided by people.
Organizers with admin access can see the e-mail address you registered with (in the registrations list; every time that list is opened, it is logged). Some challenges give each team its own files and its own flags.
Your account
One account per person, please. Keep your password to yourself. If you want your account removed, contact the organizers; solves are part of the competition record and stay in it.