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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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. Show 5 replies

Cool, but needing to register via discord is going to be a no for some people. Show 2 replies

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

simpler times

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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. Show 2 replies

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

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

It looks very comprehensive, and I love the fact that they will actually send you a belt if you do all the levels. Show 1 reply

Hugged to death. Show 1 reply

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

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

this and telehack.com is nice entertainment

Cool idea.

Neat concept, but utterly disgusting that Discord is still used as a social platform. Matrix is much less odious. Show 2 replies

“ 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.”

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. Show 2 replies