WiFi Sheep Hunt Summary of Contest:
Hello potential WiFi Sheep Hunt contestants! We have lost our Ovis aries, or Sheep for the biologically impaired. Your job as a Sheep Herder is to help us find our sheep and return them to the “farm”.
The first Sheep Herder to successfully return all lost sheep to the “farm” will be the 1 st Prize Winner of the WiFi Sheep Hunt contest.
This year we have 3 ways of sheep herding (playing). You choose the way you want to play, but choose carefully, as once you choose you may not switch to another way of playing. A Sheep Herder may be an individual or a team but as a team you may only choose one way of playing.
Sheep Herder Type 1
This type of sheep herder has a computer, tablet or other type device with wireless packet sniffing capabilities/skills and is not afraid to use them at DEF CON. These individuals are brave, very brave.
Sheep Herder Type 2
This type of sheep herder has no computing device whatsoever, which in some cases may be a wise choice at DEF CON, but wants to join in on the fun. YES, you do not need a phone, you do not need a tablet and you do not need a computer to play as type 2 sheep herder.
Sheep Herder Type 3
This type of sheep herder has a phone, tablet or other type device with NFC reading capabilities and is not afraid to use them at DEF CON. You did make a backup image of your phone and/or tablet before you arrived didn't you?
NOTE: In years past we have frowned upon hacking our contest equipment but this year we have had change of heart, as long as you don't render it useless.
DO NOT BRICK IT.
Our equipment is dated, has not been patched and may be vulnerable to attacks. This is DEF CON btw. Hack at least 2 of our wireless access points and ONLY OUR WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS and prove to us YOU hacked them by changing their broadcasting SSIDs to something that identifies YOU and if no one returns all our sheep to the “farm” then you win 1st Prize. You must have signed up as a Sheep Herder Type 1 to win in this way.
