OverTheWire - Bandit - Level 9 to Level 10

Description:

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt among of few lines of human-readable strings starting with '=' characters.

Commands you may need to solve this level

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

Solution:

1. [Comment] Using SSH to connect the server
2. sp@simple-plan:~|=> ssh bandit9@bandit.labs.overthewire.org
   ...
   bandit9@bandit.labs.overthewire.org's password: UsvVyFSfZZWbi6wgC7dAFyFuR6jQQUhR
3. [Comment] Using ls command to list directory contents
4. bandit9@melinda:~$ ls
   data.txt
5. [Comment] Using strings command to discard non-printable characters in files
6. [Comment] Using grep command to search the targets
7. bandit9@melinda:~$ strings data.txt | grep "="
   Rj=G
   ========== the
   =qy9g
   ,========== passwordc
   ========== is
   =9-5
   O=p~
   #r=t!
   7e}=eG
   ========== truKLdjsbJ5g7yyJ2X2R0o3a5HQJFuLk
   uXI/{I=VPO=
   6'Q|_=Vt
   :={!
   yd=6
   
8. [Comment] Using exit command to disconnect connection to server
9. bandit9@melinda:~$ exit
   logout
   Connection to bandit.labs.overthewire.org closed.
10. [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