Dashboard
Dashboard Monitoring
How to read CookieFarm dashboard signals during an A/D competition.
Dashboard Monitoring
The dashboard is not a full SIEM. It is a fast operational view of flag pipeline health.
Signals to watch
- continuous growth of
UNSUBMITTED - sudden increase in
DENIED - frequent
response_time = 0 - rising duration (
response_time - submit_time)
Quick diagnostics
Too many UNSUBMITTED
Possible causes:
- checker unreachable
- wrong submission protocol
- batch size too large
Actions:
- verify
url_flag_checker - verify
protocol - reduce
max_flag_batch_size
Too many DENIED
Possible causes:
- stale exploit logic
- wrong flag regex
- target patched
Actions:
- rerun
ckc exploit test - compare exploit output with configured regex
No new flags
Possible causes:
- exploit crashed
- client CKP connection disconnected
- target service down
Actions:
- check exploit process (
ckc exploit listrun) - inspect server/client logs
- temporary fallback with
-S
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