Darpa Cyber Grand Challeng

Forum is here: http://www.darpa.mil/cybergrandchallenge/

Full BAA is here: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2d589ae...

Shorter Rules document (includes open track info): https://dtsn.darpa.mil/cybergrandchallenge/CyberGrandChallen...

There was a discussion about it on Reddit netsec a few days ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1ozoiy/darpas_cyber_...

Finally, the program manager running it, Mike Walker, is going to be giving one of his first public talks about the Cyber Grand Challenge at THREADS in NYC on Thursday, November 14th: http://threads.isis.poly.edu

Ironically, I received a certificate error when attempting to click on the "Documents" tab. Aside from that, this sounds very interesting and they have a good track record with challenges - I hope it goes well for them and might check out participating on a team.

How's this for a non-Grand Challenge: make sure your SSL certificates are valid?

Rules and prices are available here:

http://dtsn.darpa.mil/cybergrandchallenge/CyberGrandChalleng...

How could they not call this the Skynet challenge?

Bad SSL.

I can't be the only one thinking this is a bad idea - not because of what the site suggests their intended goal is, which at first glance is entirely reasonable.

Once they've automated defense, how long until someone automates offense... and then how long until everyone is caught in the middle of a cyber arms race?

If a computer system is designed to defend itself against attackers, where does that path lead? Before this project, I've laughed off the Skynet conspiracy theories, but given the recent revelations about the amount of trust we can put in U.S. government agencies, and a project of this nature in the hands of a U.S. military agency, this should be raising huge red flags in people's minds.