Re: [tlug] [CFP] Call for presenters - May 10 Technical Meeting

[Travis Cardwell <travis.cardwell@example.com>]

On 2014年04月24日 15:13, 黒鉄章 wrote:
> If only there was some way to make virtual server instances that could be
> set with identical filesystem snapshots and spun up in seconds, each with
> their own IP addresses so any number of challengers could login and begin
> instantaneously ....

How about preparing a virtual machine that participants can run on their 
own hardware?

Benefits:
* free
* fewer security concerns
* no need for authentication
* easy to prepare
* participants can continue studying as long as they want

Drawbacks:
* a laptop with decent hardware (64-bit?, sufficient RAM) is required
* requires a bit more setup time

Simple challenges could be prepared in (ephemeral) containers using 
Docker, but I think that most (real-world) challenges would require a full 
Linux environment.  All challenges can be prepared in the same virtual 
machine, and snapshots can be used to roll back to the start state when 
necessary.

> I have half-a-dozen challenges lying around in my archives I could
> contribute. And by "contribute" I mean write the readme/question file and
> prepare the necessary materials like data files.

Sounds good!  I would be happy to help out as well!

Cheers,

Travis