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OverTheWire Bandit Level 10 → 11 Walkthrough

Decoding base64-encoded data with the base64 command

By Akash Trehan · · 1 min read · Wargame
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OverTheWire Bandit Level 10 → 11 Walkthrough

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

Commands you may need: grep, sort, uniq, strings, base64, tr, tar, gzip, bzip2, xxd

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I used the pre-installed base64 decoder to get the passoword.

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bandit10@melinda:~$ cat data.txt | base64 --decode

Level 11 password: IFukwKGsFW8MOq3IRFqrxE1hxTNEbUPR