I completed this challenge yesterday, yet I still feel very conflicted about how I feel about, more so than I do after most machines.
-
Using
common.txtfrom seclists forffufyielded more results than other available commonly used directory lists. I normally start with medium sized ones and then when I move onto larger ones. In this case I did the same, but even the larger lists still could not find the necessary path. -
This rabbit hole was a bit too deep for my liking, given the challenge rating. Backtracking and finding the vector was a breeze, but then realizing how meaningless the majority of it was in the end bothered me a little.
-
Even after I discovered what I could do, finding the flag was not particularly straightforward to make the awarded challenge points be a faithful representation of the work required.