HTB | Fawn

Task 1

What does the 3-letter acronym FTP stand for?

» Ans: File Transfer Protocol

Task 2

Which port does the FTP service listen on usually?

» Ans: 21

Task 3

FTP sends data in the clear, without any encryption. What acronym is used for a later protocol designed to provide similar functionality to FTP but securely, as an extension of the SSH protocol?

» Ans: SFTP

Task 4

What is the command we can use to send an ICMP echo request to test our connection to the target?

» Ans: Ping

Task 5

From your scans, what version is FTP running on the target?

nmap -sV -T4 10.129.14.204

» Ans: vsftpd 3.0.3

Task 6

From your scans, what OS type is running on the target?

» Ans: Unix

Task 7

What is the command we need to run in order to display the 'ftp' client help menu?

» Ans: ftp ?

Task 8

What is username that is used over FTP when you want to log in without having an account?

» Ans: Anonymous

Task 9

What is the response code we get for the FTP message 'Login successful'?

» Ans: 230

Task 10

There are a couple of commands we can use to list the files and directories available on the FTP server. One is dir. What is the other that is a common way to list files on a Linux system.

» Ans: ls

Task 11

What is the command used to download the file we found on the FTP server?

» Ans: get