SHA2017 - Junior CTF - All about the Base - Crypto

Mark Koskei

SHA2017 - Junior CTF - All about the Base - Crypto

Problem

We found this encoded message. Can you decode it?

V2VsbCBkb25lLAoKdGhpcyBmaWxlIGlzIGVuY3J5cHRlZCB3aXRoIEJhc2U2NC4gT2Z0ZW4gdXNl ZCBpbiBDVEYncyB0byBkaXNwbGF5IGJpbmFyeSBkYXRhIGluIGEgbW9yZSBmcmllbmRseSB3YXku IAoKVGhlIGZsYWcgZm9yIHRoaXMgY2hhbGxlbmdlIGlzIGZsYWd7YjNlOWMzZWVlNjA5YmFjNDZm YWQ0NDM5Y2YzMjFmZTV9Cg==

Solution

The message is encoded with Base64

Well done,

this file is encrypted with Base64. Often used in CTF’s to display binary data in a more friendly way.

The flag for this challenge is flag{b3e9c3eee609bac46fad4439cf321fe5}

FLAG: flag{b3e9c3eee609bac46fad4439cf321fe5}