Competition Firmware Layout

Use this skill only as a downstream specialization after $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator is already active and has established sandbox assumptions, node ownership, and evidence priorities. If that has not happened yet, return to $ctf-sandbox-orchestrator first.

Use this skill when the hard part is understanding how a firmware image is structured, booted, updated, and turned into reachable device behavior.

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Quick Start

1. Preserve the original image, extracted partitions, unpacked filesystems, and patched copies as separate artifacts.
2. Map outer container, partition table, bootloader, kernel, rootfs, config, and update metadata before editing anything.
3. Track the boot or update chain in order instead of jumping straight to the most interesting file.
4. Record keys, signatures, offsets, partition boundaries, and init entrypoints in one compact evidence chain.
5. Reproduce the decisive secret, branch, or reachable service from the smallest extracted path.

Workflow

1. Establish Image Layout