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Q:  Is there a root CA for the CTF that we can trust?

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No.  A couple servers employ self-signed certificates - fingerprints below.

secure.openid.ctf.csail.mit.edu
SHA1 Fingerprint=39:20:1D:3E:B1:0E:E3:E4:8D:08:73:D9:DA:4E:F3:6E:68:1C:0E:CE

scoreboard.ctf.csail.mit.edu
SHA1 Fingerprint=77:FC:E5:32:F2:A7:9C:D4:59:A5:FF:4E:4C:A9:49:D4:4E:0F:CB:41

Q:  My VM doesn't power off when I run "shutdown now".  Why?!

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Q:  How will the teams be able to identify PII (flags)?

Wiki MarkupThe PII will consist of strings of the form "piiXX_\[random string\]", where XX is the challenge number.

Q:  What is the mechanism for turning PII into money?

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