OverTheWire: Krypton Level 0

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1 min readMar 29, 2019

http://overthewire.org/wargames/krypton/krypton0.html

Level Info

Welcome to Krypton! The first level is easy. The following string encodes the password using Base64:

S1JZUFRPTklTR1JFQVQ=

Use this password to log in to krypton.labs.overthewire.org with username krypton1 using SSH on port 2222. You can find the files for other levels in /krypton/

Solution

From the level information, we have the password which is encoded via Base64. We can use base64 -D to decode the password into plaintext.

$ echo "S1JZUFRPTklTR1JFQVQ=" | base64 -D
KRYPTONISGREAT

Afterward, use the following information to login the server.

  • Username: krypton1
  • Password: KRYPTONISGREAT
  • Host: krypton.labs.overthewire.org
  • Port: 2222

Done!

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