@ Si|V|P1e P14n f0r H4ck3r: OverTheWire - Bandit

2014-01-23

Description:

Level Goal

The password for the next level can be retrieved by submitting the password of the current level to port 30000 on localhost.

Commands you may need to solve this level

ssh, telnet, nc, openssl, s_client, nmap

Helpful Reading Material

How the Internet works in 5 minutes (YouTube) (Not completely accurate, but good enough for beginners)
IP Addresses
IP Address on Wikipedia
Localhost on Wikipedia
Ports
Port (computer networking) on Wikipedia

Solution:

[Comment] Using SSH to connect the server
sp@simple-plan:~|=> ssh bandit14@bandit.labs.overthewire.org
...
bandit14@bandit.labs.overthewire.org's password: 4wcYUJFw0k0XLShlDzztnTBHiqxU3b3e
[Comment] Using netcat to connect port 30000 on localhost
bandit14@melinda:~$ echo 4wcYUJFw0k0XLShlDzztnTBHiqxU3b3e | nc -v localhost 30000
Connection to localhost 30000 port [tcp/*] succeeded!
Correct!
BfMYroe26WYalil77FoDi9qh59eK5xNr
[Comment] Using exit command to disconnect connection to server
bandit14@melinda:~$ exit
logout
Connection to bandit.labs.overthewire.org closed.
[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

tr http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tr1.html

alias http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/alias1.html

mkdir http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mkdir1.html

cp http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/cp1.html

xxd http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/xxd1.html

file http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/file1.html

mv http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mv1.html

gzip http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/gzip1.html

bzip2 http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/bzip21.html

tar http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tar1.html

echo http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/echo1.html

nc http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/nc1.html

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2 comments:

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
tr	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tr1.html
alias	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/alias1.html
mkdir	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mkdir1.html
cp	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/cp1.html
xxd	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/xxd1.html
file	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/file1.html
mv	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/mv1.html
gzip	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/gzip1.html
bzip2	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/bzip21.html
tar	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/tar1.html
echo	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/echo1.html
nc	http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/nc1.html