Overthewire Bandit Level 11 To 12

Level goal

The password for the next level is stored in the file **data.txt**, where all lowercase (a-z) and uppercase (A-Z) letters have been rotated by 13 positions
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Rot13 on Wikipedia
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Lets take a look and cat the file

bandit11@bandit:~$ ls
data.txt
bandit11@bandit:~$ cat data.txt
Gur cnffjbeq vf 5Gr8L4qetPEsPk8htqjhRK8XSP6x2RHh
#They weren't kidding. Let's l;

What even is Rot13

**ROT13** ("**rotate by 13 places**", sometimes hyphenated **ROT-13**) is a simple letter [substitution cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_cipher "Substitution cipher") that replaces a letter with the 13th letter after it in the alphabet. ROT13 is a special case of the [Caesar cipher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher "Caesar cipher") which was developed in ancient Rome.

So, I can’t install tools on the box so lets go to a rot13 decryptor.. https://rot13.com/ and decrypt the rotated key from above..

The password is redacted

The password for level 12:

redacted

Connect to level 12.

bandit11@bandit:~$ ssh bandit12@localhost
#Accept the fingerprint ('yes') and enter the password.

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