[CALUG] CapBUG October Meeting - SysAdmin Games

[Jason Dixon]

Oops, forgot to mention that the meetings are from 6:30 to 8:30pm on the last Tuesday of each month.

Thanks,
Jason

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:54:01 -0400, Jason Dixon <jason at dixongroup.net> wrote:
> For Linux users with a competitive streak...  :)
> http://capbug.org/
> 
> .....
> 
> Our next meeting is scheduled for this Tuesday, October 30 at Raba
> Technologies in Columbia, MD.  This month we will be hosting our
> first ever "SysAdmin Games" workshop.  As usual, the meeting will
> wind up at Nottingham's afterwards for beers and food.
> 
> The main focus of this meeting is to have fun learning more about
> what we already enjoy... BSD administration.  But since this might
> be a recurring event, our official theme this month will be "Secure
> Webservers".  We will be utilizing a VMware Server running virtual
> to bring in for your team, please do.  Here are the details, let me
> know if you have any questions.
> 
> P.S.  Yes, I will be serving as the BOFH.  :)
> 
> 
> bofh$ cat sysadmin_games.txt
> 
> ###############
> # Theme
> ###############
> * Secure Webservers
> 
> ###############
> # Goals
> ###############
> * Install a BSD operating system and dependencies as needed
> * Configure networking
> * Configure the host firewall
> * Configure a webserver with a self-signed certificate
> * Configure start-up services
> 
> ###############
> # Rules
> ###############
> * Each team will have a "mentor".  This individual will act as a team
> leader and "life-line" resource for the competition.
> * Each team will have a series of 3 "life-lines".  The life-line period is
> a maximum of 10 minutes.
>     1) Mentor = A team may request the assistance of the mentor from
> another team.
>     If the question is satisfied (to be determined by the BOFH), the
> mentor's team
>     receives a 10-point bonus.  If the question is *not* satisfied, the
> mentor's
>     team receives a 10-point debit.  An assisting mentor may *not* utilize
> their own
>     life-lines for the purpose of assisting another team.
>     2) Google = A team may utilize any internet resource for research on
> their project.
>     They are only allowed to use public http[s] websites.  No proxy to
> non-http[s]
>     services (IRC, chat, etc) are allowed.
>     3) Phone = A team member may call one individual for assistance. 
> Competition
>     participants are excluded from being an assisting party.
> * Each team will use a different BSD operating system selection.  This
> will be determined by a series of trivial questions at the beginning of
> the competition.  The team to correctly answer a question gets to select
> the BSD used by *their choice* of one of the other remaining teams.  This
> will continue until all teams have been assigned an operating system.
> Example: Team A wins the first question.  They choose DragonflyBSD for
> Team C.  Team B wins the second question. They choose NetBSD for Team A. 
> Team C wins the final question.  They choose MirBSD for Team A (poor
> bastards).
> * Each team will have a maximum of one hour to complete the allotted
> tasks.
> * Each team will have 10 minutes to present their final results to the
> BOFH for points redemption.
> 
> ###############
> # Awards
> ###############
> * The winning team gets a free round of beer at Nottingham's.
> 
> # EOF
> 
> 
> --
> Jason Dixon
> DixonGroup Consulting
> http://www.dixongroup.net
> 
> 
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