OverTheWire Bandit level 0 is one the most critical elements of this War-game. The skills learned in this level will be repeated many times throughout the exercises.
OverTheWire Bandit level 0 is one the most critical elements of this Wargame. The skills learned in this level will be repeated many times throughout the exercises.
I will be using a Kali Linux virtual machine for all of the exercises. At the time of writing this series, I am using Kali version 2020.3.
The first thing you need to do is log into the game using the provided credentials (username and password)
username: bandit0
password: bandit0
port: 2220
protocol: SSH
Before we move on, what is SSH? As hinted in the instructions, SSH is a command that we are going to be using but we are also instructed to do check out Wikipedia for additional information. SSH stands for Secure Shell and is a protocol that applies a bit of cryptography to securely operate network services like remote login ( what we are about to do! ). I have found that in my cybersecurity career, there are many things that I am not familiar with and I have found that Google is my best friend when it comes to quickly finding information on a topic.
The goal of this level is to connect to the host. We do this by opening a terminal and inputting the following command:
ssh bandit0@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
The command is basically saying; ssh me to user bandit0 @ bandit.labs.overthewire.org. The -p 2220 is the option on the ssh command that signifies what port to use. The server may ask if you sill want to continue connecting even though the authenticity cannot be established. Type "yes" without the quotes.
When prompted, type in the password: bandit0 and you will be given access to the war-game. the password will not show as you are typing it into the terminal so be careful while typing. your screen should then look similar to this:
Also to verify that you are indeed in the war-game your username will change to bandit0
Level 0 Completed!
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