Hacking Reportinator [Sans Holiday Hack 2023]
In the Reportinator challenge, I'm asked to evaluate findings written by an AI and find ones that are wrong or don't make sense. In this video, I'll look at how the answers are submitted and use the Python httx async library to brute force all possible combinations and find the answer.
Holiday Hack 2023 Solution: https://0xdf.gitlab.io/holidayhack2023/
Holiday Hack 2023 Game: https://2023.holidayhackchallenge.com/
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[00:00] Introduction
[00:33] Looking at submit HTTP request
[01:38] Strategy for scripting
[02:25] Setting up async brute force with httpx
[04:18] main outline
[06:17] Testing combinations
[09:00] test_combination function
[11:28] Debugging small issues
[12:38] Getting solution
[13:15] Beautifying output
[14:58] Summary
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