INDEX.md for categorizing challenges

[cabreraalex]

I have been thinking that it might be nice to have an INDEX.md file that organizes challenges by topic.

For example, it might be organized like this:

• PDF
  • csaw-ctf-2014 / obscurity
• RSA
  • plaid-ctf-2014/rsa
  • defkthon-ctf/crypto-200

If there is a nice index file, people can easily use these write ups as guides on how to solve certain topics with a quick ctrl-f.

[mathiasbynens]

Who is going to maintain it?

[cabreraalex]

That is the biggest issue. After winter break I will be able to start the first version from all the challenges that are already written up, but my grand wish would be for people who submit writeups to also add their challenge to the index file. Sadly that probably won't happen...

[mathiasbynens]

I agree; sadly it’s not very realistic.

People can always grep the repository’s contents for the category they’re interested in. This is good enough for me.

[abpolym]

I recently noticed that reverse grepping this repo results in a loop: grep: warning: ./stripe-ctf3/level4/problem/.build/src/stripe-ctf.com/sqlcluster: recursive directory loop

[abpolym]

@cabreraalex Do you think you can have a take on the issue in the near future? I am also currently thinking about having a central *.md that lists all challenges by category - which is easily done by e.g. searching for each category using grep or ag. Then, for each category, we could list the challenges from easiest to most difficult challenge - e.g. by using # solves, difficulty, number of writeups etc.