OverTheWire - Bandit - Level 10 to Level 11

Description:

Level Goal

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

Commands you may need to solve this level

grep, sort, uniq, strings, base64, tr, tar, gzip, bzip2, xxd

Helpful Reading Material

Base64 on Wikipedia

Solution:

1. [Comment] Using SSH to connect the server
2. sp@simple-plan:~|=> ssh bandit10@bandit.labs.overthewire.org
   ...
   bandit10@bandit.labs.overthewire.org's password: truKLdjsbJ5g7yyJ2X2R0o3a5HQJFuLk
3. [Comment] Using ls command to list directory contents
4. bandit10@melinda:~$ ls
   data.txt
5. [Comment] Using cat command to output file's contents
6. bandit10@melinda:~$ cat data.txt
   VGhlIHBhc3N3b3JkIGlzIElGdWt3S0dzRlc4TU9xM0lSRnFyeEUxaHhUTkViVVBSCg==
7. [Comment] Using base64 command with --decode option to decode the cipherytext
8. bandit10@melinda:~$ base64 --decode data.txt
   The password is IFukwKGsFW8MOq3IRFqrxE1hxTNEbUPR
9. [Comment] Using exit command to disconnect connection to server
10. bandit10@melinda:~$ exit
    logout
    Connection to bandit.labs.overthewire.org closed.
11. [Comment] It's done! Saving the password for next level.

Reference:

ssh	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/ssh1.html
ls	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/ls1.html
cat	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/cat1.html
exit	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/exit1.html
cd	http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/cdh.html
find	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/find1.html
grep	http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/grep1.html
sort	http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/sort1.html
uniq	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/uniq1.html
strings	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/strings1.html
base64	http://linux.die.net/man/1/base64