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Tag: Command-line Tools

How to Command Line When You Know Nothing

February 22, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

ghostinth3machine
Warning: If you've been a long-time Windows GUI user, the Linux terminal may induce culture shock. But did you know that Windows has its own command line interface (CLI) that's not too different from Linux Terminal? Ghostinth3machine guides you through Windows CLI, where you can explore command-line basics in familiar surroundings!

Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (3/3): Untangling a Web Access Log

February 17, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

Taisa
(Third in a three-part series.)
Reinforce what you've learned with examples and repetition! Taisa guides you through how you can untangle the Web Access Log challenge on your own using the command-line tools from Parts 1 and 2 in this series. You've got this!

Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (2/3): Walking through “Leaping”

February 15, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

Taisa
(Second in a three-part series.)
In this article, Taisa walks us through how to solve the Leaping Log Analysis challenge using only command-line tools (plus a little OSINT). Utilities demonstrated in this guide: cat, grep, cut, sort, uniq, tr, paste, bc, wc, head, and a little regex.

Command-line Log Analysis FOR THE WIN (1/3): How to Approach a Wild Log

February 10, 2021July 10, 20211 Comment

Taisa
(First in a three-part series.)
In 2017, Taisa was traumatized by logs. In 2018, she was analyzing logs by hand on a browser-only Chromebook. In 2020, she was #1 on the leaderboard in Log Analysis at the end of the Spring Preseason. Follow her Command-line Log Analysis blog series to find out which tools she used and how she did it—and how you can, too!

Low-tech Tooling: Competing From a Device You Can’t Install Tools On

February 1, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

Taisa
Taisa played her first season of NCL entirely from a browser-only device and shares her top resources and tricks for competing in less-than-ideal circumstances. Even if you've got Kali running as a VM, low-tech and browser-based tools can be a great way to check your work, troubleshoot your process, or collaborate with teammates in the cloud.

How Playing War Games Can Help You Learn Command Line

January 25, 2021July 10, 2021Leave a comment

FiFi aka "ZeroTrail"
You want to develop your skillz, but you aren't sure where to start. Maybe starting with a competition like NCL is intimidating. Did you know there are games you can play on your own, before the NCL Games begin? ZeroTrail advocates for war games as the best way for beginners to learn command line and for experts to hone their skills!

Four Ways to Analyze Logs Like a Pro!

September 9, 2020September 10, 2020Leave a comment

MistressVenom
MistressVenom loves to eat logs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and as an awesome 2 AM snack. Let her show you how to analyze logs like a pro, using four of the tastiest methods: manually, Excel, command line, and Splunk!

Taking Password Cracking to the Next Level

September 2, 2020September 4, 2020Leave a comment

Aaron James
When CrackStation, hashcat, and the infamous rockyou.txt wordlist aren't cracking those harder passwords, Aaron James shows you where he turns next in this advanced tour of password cracking tools and tricks.

NCL and WSL: Leaving the Kali VM Behind

August 19, 2020January 9, 20212 Comments

Aaron James
Working in a virtual machine is a sub-optimal experience. What if we told you there's a way to run the Kali Linux terminal natively inside of Windows? Aaron James demonstrates how to install and compete using command-line tools on Windows Subsystem for Linux—no clunky VM required!

Writing Elegant Regular Expressions

July 11, 2020September 13, 2020Leave a comment

Paul Buonopane
What does elegant regex look like? When shouldn't you use it to parse a log? Did you know that it can crash some devices? Paul Buonopane reformats 7,326 phone numbers, then shows you how to take your regex to the next level, all before lunch!

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