I connected through ssh, run tc****p and export it in pcap file, waited over 2 hours, did it 9 times (9 different pcap files) but in all of them for user1 and 2 I only got the crypt values, the only simple was for ROOT but with no data, am I missing something?
Edit: Nr10 pcap did the job!
On to root, o*****l is a nightmare! any hints are welcome!!
Edit2: rooted! Thanks @brianma for your help!
User flag took about 1,5h of fiddling and reading about the software in use. Based on the posts here some people have listened the traffic some other guy initiated and therefore gave advise that’s gonna be a loooooong wait if there’s no one else doing the box.
If you can’t find anything by listening harder think of a place where you might have witnessed a weird delay with no clear explanation.
The climb towards root took me about 5h and I probably wouldn’t have figured it out in any reasonable time without the hints in this thread. They’re a useful resource when you hit a blank and can’t even figure out anything to google or learn that would help you.
So thanks everybody for the hints without outright spoiling the machine and thanks to the maker of this challenge. You guys “force” me to learn new stuff all the time : )
Hi guys… someone can give me an explanation about the root step and why it works ?
mhhh if you got the flag you should know why it works. Anyway, (un)fortunately this discussion gives away too much hints and spoilers after three months and a half. Just read it and you should have enough information to find the answer.
For those managing to get root.txt but not root shell, if you found the same article I found, you just need to read the rest of the article. It doesn’t take 44 days.
Hi, I’m running the tp scan, but I only found other user nmap script scan…
Also, why copy a file is f hard ? you can’t cat, you can’t reverse html server, scp doesn’t work for certain file, rcsync either, I even try to zip my .c** file but no, that’s really impossible…
I use more command and copy/past, so for binary file it is not working…
Ok… so no ■■■■ there I was. I have a ssh connection with the host machine. I have hashes from a certain service. I cannot crack said hashes nor have I been able to replay them as I shouldn’t be able to due to the fact I’m in a *nix environment…
I have t******ed certain protocols to gain further information to no avail…
Throughout the forum I have noticed individuals stating that you do not need that hashes, and in fact at one point one individual said you could replay them…
I am lost in the sauce here gents, if someone could PM me or give me a nudge I would greatly appreciate it. My ego depends on it. I’m just trying to get user…