You could make it offline and with provided laptops only, just like with the competitive CS2 scene.

sheept 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Offline CTFs could also incorporate physical security challenges, like lockpicking

I do like the idea of escape the room games becoming the cybersecurity employable competition meta

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Retr0id an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They often do

hsbauauvhabzb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ctfs need preparation and unconstrained internet, even if you block domains it’s possible to tunnel out

Retr0id an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Unconstrained internet is nice, but I don't think it's a hard requirement. Just tricky to enforce, even in-person.

	▲	StrauXX 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It is a hard requirement. Once you reach higher levels of challenges you spend most of your time reading through RFCs, web sepcs, Github issues, mailing lists, papers, random bugtrackers and library/framework code. There is no way to create a whitelist for that. Besides, a firewall won't stop good hackers.

sheept 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Presumably if you block domains, you wouldn't be able to use AI to find a way around the block. So doing so demonstrates at least some human skill

	▲	hsbauauvhabzb 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Or forethought, I’m sure you could ask an AI how to circumvent any blocks.

Use jumpbox to access CTF. Disable all wireless for the playing hall.

I think you’re forgetting hotspots, or laptops with inbuilt 4/5g

	▲	swiftcoder 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Faraday cages exist. Finally a use for all those damn SCIFs tech companies were building in the late 2010's...

eastbound 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Since real-life situations involve AI, banning AI would make CTFs just a simple game, not a demonstration of capabilities and talent.

	▲	mort96 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What do you mean? Solving a CTF challenge demonstrates way more capabilities and talent than just asking a chat bot to solve a CTF challenge.
	▲	loeg 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They always were just a game?