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NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Re: NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Post by sigma5 »

I got this error while trying to register. Does anyone know a simple way to bypass this ?

"Sorry, that email domain is not recognized. -- An email address from a recognized U.S. school or university is required. If your school's domain is not recognized, please request it to be allowed by clicking HERE"

Re: NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Post by FanaHOVA »

sigma5 wrote: post #2

I got this error while trying to register. Does anyone know a simple way to bypass this ? "Sorry, that email domain is not recognized. -- An email address from a recognized U.S. school or university is required. If your school's domain is not recognized, please request it to be allowed by clicking HERE"

If you need HN commenters just to bypass the signup, you will not have a good time in the challenge :P

Re: NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Post by randunel »

lpcvoid wrote: post #5
unethical_ban wrote: post #4

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They care about US citizens enrolled in university. Everybody else is not employable - so I guess they filter well here.

Do US universities offer their pupils email addresses forever, or many decades past graduation? Or is the challenge exclusively for current US students?

I lost access to my (European) inboxes a loooong time ago.

Re: NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Post by bangaladore »

I completed the 2022 version of this and received some nice NSA memorabilia. It is a fun challenge, but it is pretty difficult to complete it all. Looking back at 2022, it looks like maybe 100 people completed the entire challenge.

Re: NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024

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Post by nneonneo »

This has historically been a pretty fun challenge to do. Earlier levels are quite easy, but later levels can be quite challenging and require specialized skills (e.g. reverse engineering, binary exploitation, cryptography). There’s a decent focus on “realism” which makes the challenge series more interesting than a typical CTF. If you’re eligible to participate I’d highly recommend checking it out.

P.S. if you do well, the NSA sends you swag; I have a couple of very nice signed letters and NSA medals that look great in my office :)

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