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This task was very straightforward and the above base64 string when just encoded got the correct flag.
This task was very straightforward and the above base64 string when just encoded got the correct flag.


<code>echo 'VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyciwgeW91IHRvbyBtdXN0IGxlYXJuIGFsbCB0aGUgZW5jb2Rpbmcgc2NoZW1lcwpBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOgpjdGZ0ZWNoe2Jhc2U2NC1pcy11c2VmdWx9' | base64 -d</code><syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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echo 'VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyciwgeW91IHRvbyBtdXN0IGxlYXJuIGFsbCB0aGUgZW5jb2Rpbmcgc2NoZW1lcwpBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOgpjdGZ0ZWNoe2Jhc2U2NC1pcy11c2VmdWx9' | base64 -d


To become a great hackerr, you too must learn all the encoding schemes
To become a great hackerr, you too must learn all the encoding schemes

Revision as of 12:49, 17 October 2022

Description

You hakcer firend sent you a weird message.

What could this mean?

60pts

Question

Try to read the message somehow: VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyciwgeW91IHRvbyBtdXN0IGxlYXJuIGFsbCB0aGUgZW5jb2Rpbmcgc2NoZW1lcwpBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOgpjdGZ0ZWNoe2Jhc2U2NC1pcy11c2VmdWx9

Solution

This task was very straightforward and the above base64 string when just encoded got the correct flag.

echo 'VG8gYmVjb21lIGEgZ3JlYXQgaGFja2VyciwgeW91IHRvbyBtdXN0IGxlYXJuIGFsbCB0aGUgZW5jb2Rpbmcgc2NoZW1lcwpBbHNvIGEgZmxhZyBtaWdodCBiZSBoZWxwZnVsOgpjdGZ0ZWNoe2Jhc2U2NC1pcy11c2VmdWx9' | base64 -d

To become a great hackerr, you too must learn all the encoding schemes
Also a flag might be helpful:
ctftech{base64-is-useful}

Tools

  • echo
  • base64

Flag

ctftech{base64-is-useful}