Bandit 09 - writeups

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Bandit Level 9 → Level 10

ssh bandit9@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
found password: cikaokkI91bUIZZPXwwXanal4xvADOGM

bandit9@bandit:~$ ls
data.txt

bandit9@bandit:~$ stirngs data.txt | grep ===
Command 'stirngs' not found, did you mean:
  command 'strings' from deb binutils (2.42-4ubuntu2.5)
Try: apt install <deb name>

bandit9@bandit:~$ strings data.txt | grep ===
========== the
========== password
E========== is
5========== akxW5ilL1JrxX9k3876mlN4Mgbpfjklu

Explanation:

• strings data.txt extracts all human-readable text strings from data.txt (likely a binary file with mixed data).
• | grep === pipes output to grep, printing only lines containing ===

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