Tag: Solution

Solution: Use the “Daytime” protocol by connecting to port 13 of a time server (like time.nist.gov) via telnet or netcat to get a timestamp.

Solution: Identify RFC 1149: “A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers” – a humorous specification for sending network traffic via pigeons.

Solution: Telnet to mapscii.me to get a zoomable OpenStreetMap in ASCII art in your terminal.

Solution: Use curl with wttr.in to fetch an ASCII-art weather forecast for your location or specified city.

Solution: Use the ping option -a (audible) which causes the terminal bell to ring on each ping response.

Solution: Find the Automattic recruitment Easter egg: an X-hacker header inviting you to join Automattic (WordPress.com) if you see it.

Solution: Recognize HTTP 418 “I’m a teapot” as an April Fools’ joke status code from RFC 2324, indicating a server refuses to brew coffee because it’s a teapot.

Solution: Use Nmap’s “-oS” option for “script kiddie” output, which prints the scan results in leet-speak (substituting letters with numbers/symbols).

Solution: Traceroute to obiwan.scrye.net to see the network hops named after lines from the Star Wars opening crawl (and beyond).

Solution: Use telnet to connect to towel.blinkenlights.nl and watch an ASCII animation of Star Wars.