Ed Skoudis has posted a hacker's challenge on TechRepublic. His scenario, based off the classic Christmas tale of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and his buddy Hermie the elf, illustrates an attack attempt and asks readers to try and determine what the goal of the attack was and how Rudolph and Hermie might protect their network from it.

Readers have until December 17 to submit their solutions to [email protected] . Ed Skoudis will judge the entries and select the best 5. The winners will receive a copy of Ed Skoudis' latest book- Malware: Fighting Malicious Code .

To join in the challenge click here: Holiday Crack the Hacker Challenge: Rudolph's XSS Christmas