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 tool do we use to test our connection to the target with an ICMP echo request?
ping
What is the name of the most common tool for finding open ports on a target?
nmap
What service do we identify on port 23/tcp during our scans?
telnet
What username is able to log into the target over telnet with a blank password?
root
Submit root flag
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$ telnet <ip>
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Meow login: root
root@Meow:~# ls
flag.txt snap
root@Meow:~# cat flag.txt
b40abdfe23665f766f9c61ecba8a4c19