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This task boils down to simply reviewing packages and looking for clues.


The traffic itself consists mainly of FTP Data protocols and related TCP packets.

Let’s try to trace the TCP stream:

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Found: username root password toor624a8b6}

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Leafing through the packages, I found the following clues:

iBwaWNvQ1RGe1 Flag is close=
gc2VjcmV0OiBwaWNvQ1RGe

None of these entries produce readable text when decoded from base64.

And finally, in package 507, we find the flag:

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picoCTF{P64P_4N4L7S1S_SU55355FUL_4624a8b6}