Bandit 10 - writeups

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Bandit Level 10 → Level 11

ssh bandit10@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
found password: akxW5ilL1JrxX9k3876mlN4Mgbpfjklu

bandit10@bandit:~$ ls
data.txt

bandit10@bandit:~$ cat data.txt | base64 -d
The password is D3D373fZKb0xxsDFSGs213pNVj3MJR

Explanation:

• cat data.txt outputs the entire contents of data.txt (a Base64-encoded string).
• | base64 -d pipes output to base64, decoding it from Base64 format to readable text.

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