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Hack The Box9 answered prompts

Meow Hack The Box walkthrough with 9 answered prompts and lab methodology notes.

Prompts and answers

  • What does the acronym VM stand for?
    Virtual Machine
  • What tool do we use to interact with the operating system in order to issue commands via the command line, such as the one to start our VPN connection? It's also known as a console or shell.
    terminal
  • What service do we use to form our VPN connection into HTB labs?
    openvpn
  • What is the abbreviated name for a 'tunnel interface' in the output of your VPN boot-up sequence output?
    tun
  • It's also half of the name of a very popular sport, also known as table tennis.
    ping
  • What is the name of the most common tool for finding open ports on a target?
    nmap
  • This service runs on port 23/tcp by default, meaning we can research the port on Google and receive the correct result easily.
    telnet
  • What username is able to log into the target over telnet with a blank password?
    root
  • Submit root flag
    b40abdfe23665f766f9c61ecba8a4c19