# Meow

## Task 1

What does the acronym VM stand for? - `Virtual Machine`

## Task 2

What tool do we use to interact with the operating system in order to start our VPN connection? - `Terminal`

## Task 3

What service do we use to form our VPN connection? - `OpenVPN`

## Task 4

What is the abreviated name for a tunnel interface in the output of your VPN boot-up sequence output? - `tun`

## Task 5

What tool do we use to test our connection to the target? - `ping`

## Task 6

What is the name of the tool we use to scan the target's ports? - `nmap`

## Task 7

What service do we identify on port 23/tcp during our scans? - `telnet`

## Task 8

What username ultimately works with the remote management login prompt for the target? - `root`

## Task 9

Submit the root flag - `b40abdfe23665f766f9c61ecba8a4c19`

This was found after telnetting into the machine, logging in with the root user, no password, and cating the flag.txt file.


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