1. During the competition, each person may only be a part of one team total, and only members of a given team may assist in solving a challenge for that team.
2. Each team must have a Purdue valid email address that should serve as the point of contact.
3. This competition is only for current Purdue students, and there is a maximum team size of 4. Teams must register with a @purdue.edu email.
4. Flags are of the format bctf{[ -~]+} unless otherwise noted on the challenge description. No brute-force guessing flags.
5. Feel free to ask for help from admins and other b01lers officers, but flag sharing and any cheating is prohibited.
6. Do not attempt to attack or interfere with other teams or any servers used in this competition that are not explicitly designated for being hacked in a problem.
7. Do not perform any sort of online bruteforce against any of our systems.
8. Learn as much as you can, and have a good time!
9. Pay it forward.

1. Usage of AI/LLMs are prohibited during the competition and for writeups, with the following exceptions:
2. Google/DuckDuckGo (and any similar search engine) AI search overviews are allowed. Expanding (e.g. "show more") is not allowed. Attempting to "prompt" the search beyond normal search queries is not allowed. Examples:
   • OK: How is a HTTP request structured?
   • OK: How do I factor an RSA public key?
   • NOT OK: How do I solve: [code]
   • NOT OK: Explain: [code]
   • NOT OK: Write a snippet to exploit buffer overflow
3. Machine translation tools (including LLM-based tools) are allowed for natural language translation, as long as they are exclusively used for translation.
4. Violators will be disqualified and may be publicly shamed.

1x Shark Cat Plush () for each member of the top 3 teams