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| Language | English |
| Category Tags | Warbox, Shell, Exploit |
| Site Admins | Steven, morla, Wrac4242, Kylir |
| Auto update | yes |
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| Base-Score | 10000 |
| Users | -1 |
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| Linked users | 10323 |
| Average | 16.49% |
| Difficulty | 67.50% |
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Aug 25, 2026 - 13:58:40 (51d 5h)
Aug 25, 2026 - 13:58:40 (51d 5h)
True.
Forgot to announce here, thx quangster! <3
Forgot to announce here, thx quangster! <3
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Sep 29, 2026 - 00:17:06 (16d 19h)
Sep 29, 2026 - 00:17:06 (16d 19h)
There is still an error in wechall script.
Probably the IP of OverTheWire.org is rejected by the WeChall.net
Can anyone from WeChall fix this?
Probably the IP of OverTheWire.org is rejected by the WeChall.net
Can anyone from WeChall fix this?
GeSHi`ed Python code for Execution
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 | bandit16@bandit:~$ wechall Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/wechall", line 37, in <module> ssl_sock.connect((host, port)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.14/ssl.py", line 1405, in connect self._real_connect(addr, False) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.14/ssl.py", line 1392, in _real_connect super().connect(addr) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^ ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 111] Connection refused |
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Sep 29, 2026 - 00:22:50 (16d 18h)
Sep 29, 2026 - 00:22:50 (16d 18h)
GeSHi`ed Python code for conection
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| bandit16@bandit:~$ grep -nE 'host|port' /usr/local/bin/wechall 17:host = 'warserver.wechall.net' 18:port = 4142 36:ssl_sock = context.wrap_socket(s, server_hostname=host)37:ssl_sock.connect((host, port)) |
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Sep 29, 2026 - 17:51:43 (16d 1h)
Sep 29, 2026 - 17:51:43 (16d 1h)
The error seems to be on OTW's side, everything works as expected here.
I am in contact with OTW right now.
I am in contact with OTW right now.
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Oct 02, 2026 - 00:21:02 (13d 18h)
Oct 02, 2026 - 00:21:02 (13d 18h)
It seems the problem has been resolved.
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RE: Comments on OverTheWire
Oct 02, 2026 - 23:22:21 (12d 19h)
Oct 02, 2026 - 23:22:21 (12d 19h)
I q'n'd coded some status page. Maybe you find it useful: https://warserver.wechall.net/
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