hey, netcat seems fun! (with a twist)
nc return-of-the-intro-to-netcat.hsc.tf 1337
After opening a terminal window and running nc return-of-the-intro-to-netcat.hsc.tf 1337
, we see:
== proof-of-work: enabled ==
please solve a pow first
You can run the solver with:
python3 <(curl -sSL https://goo.gle/kctf-pow) solve s.AACF.AAB49VrGq+T0PVB6R9bV92Rb
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Solution?
I opened another terminal window and ran python3 <(curl -sSL https://goo.gle/kctf-pow) solve s.AACF.AAB49VrGq+T0PVB6R9bV92Rb
, which returned:
s.AAA5PRheLM93CpiPiRpLZwqciE7d19rTavx4VoIS1Oz6DRxHHFFghOCjFGIJlmbTfR5IWsTTM8rWz3mqtD02OM/sJ8QRxQT9u880J4MRfH462nqMIj9+igTbIg8K3nODylfy9z6rJIovsoMD7iDeydAsMTZu/tMQLzAkJgYvDOpV3SaksRgiZF9pDAUiVYQVTwdxrGQf8V/Iap4PUkY8FVQ+
I copied the result and gave it as input to the first terminal window, which returned:
Correct
You got it! Here's what you're looking for: flag{the_cat_says_meow}
flag{the_cat_says_meow}