Challenge 13: bases

Description

What does this bDNhcm5fdGgzX3IwcDM1 mean? I think it has something to do with bases.

Tags

picoCTF 2019 General Skills

Points

100

Solution

We need to decode the string bDNhcm5fdGgzX3IwcDM1. We can do this by using the base64 command. We can run the following command:

$ echo "bDNhcm5fdGgzX3IwcDM1" | base64 -d

l3arn_th3_r0p35

Flag

picoCTF{l3arn_th3_r0p35}