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Two layers of base64

A first CTF warm-up. A note holds a string that decodes to more base64. Peel both layers with base64 -d and submit the flag in the HB{...} format.

  • Terminal mission
  • Beginner
  • 2 objectives
  • 0 of 2 solved

Briefing

Flags in this practice set look like HB{some_words}. The challenge file is ~/challenge/note.txt.

Base64 uses A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9, + and /, and often ends in = or ==. If the output of a decode still looks like that, decode it again.

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