Over the Wire - Bandit 11

Bandit 11


Objectives

Level GoalThe password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt, which contains base64 encoded data


Solution
This one can be completed by using the base64 function in linux with the -d switch to decode

bandit10@bandit:~$ base64 -d data.txtThe password is IFukwKGsFW8MOq3IRFqrxE1hxTNEbUPR

now python

import base64
with open("data.txt") as f:
 contents = f.read()
 decoded = base64.decodestring(contents)
 print(decoded)

>>> import base64>>>>>> with open("data.txt") as f:...  contents = f.read()...  decoded = base64.decodestring(contents)...  print(decoded)...The password is IFukwKGsFW8MOq3IRFqrxE1hxTNEbUPR