Challenge Information

  • Platform: OverTheWire (Bandit)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Category: Linux

Overview

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt, which contains base64 encoded data

Solution

SSH into machine on port 2220 with password from previous level.

ssh -p 2220 bandit10@bandit.labs.overthewire.org

File is base64 encoded so we need to decode it using base64 -d command.

base64 -d data.txt

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Lessons Learned

  • Use base64 -d to decode encoded file.

Tools Used

  • ssh
  • base64