ctf-writeups

Texas A&M Student writeups for CTFs

Why do writeups

1. It helps solidify the knowledge and skills that you used to solve the challenge.
2. It helps other people who were not able to solve the problem learn new knowledge and skills.
3. It will show other people different approaches and thought processes used while solving challenges.
4. Recruiters like to see proof that you are actually able to solve these types of challenges and on top of that can explain how you did it.

How to submit a writeup

1. Fork this repo (https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)
2. Add your writeups to your repo
   • Writeup folder name should be challengename-user/screenname. Ex) pwn1-messy
3. Create a pull request against this repo with your new writeup (https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)

How to create a writeup

When creating a writeup for a challenge please consider the following things:

1. Be as detailed as possible. Explain the theory behind what you did to solve the challenge instead of simple one line answers like "execute python script.py" and you will get the answer. This is because other students will be reading these writeups as a learning tool so the more theory and thought process you explain the better.
2. When possible and appropriate add screenshots.
3. When appropriate provide any scripts that you wrote and used for that challenge.
4. When possible provide the challenge files that you recieved. Most CTFs are only up for a weekend so the files will not be accessible afterwards.
5. The suggested file format to do the writeups in is markdown or .md

Example writeups can be found here: https://ctftime.org/writeups
Markdown Cheatsheet: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet