"Hacking" Competition = Lab Rat (Score 1)

I would strongly urge people to stay away from these "competitions." They are at best, simply a sham. An IDS company is sponsoring this contest so that they can study and dissect the thought process of a "hacker" so that they can develop better mousetraps based on that data. Essentially what you are doing by participating is giving these assholes a bunch of lab rats for free. Be the faster rat and stay away from this kind of shit, let them figure it out on their own. They are gathering information to produce a commercial product that some day you may want to exploit. "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!" Don't get sucked in by this bullshit.