Meow - Linux

• Ping {target Ip} Verify connection, wait for 4 successful replies

• Ctrl + c to cancel ping command once connection verified

• Sudo nmap -sV {target Ip} Network Mapper, sends requests to target’s ports in hopes of reply. -sV service detection flag, determines name and description of the identified services.

• Port 23/tcp in an open state identified, running telnet service which is an old service for remote management of other hosts on the network. Can receive connection requests usually requiring username and password.

• Some important accounts can be left blank due to configuration mistakes, try usernames like admin, administrator, and root. In this case the username “root” wasn’t configured so we can use any password, like “123”.

• Once access is gained, use ls to list directory and find flag.txt use cat flag.txt to read the file and capture the flag.