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thecyberstudent.hashnode.devHack The Box "Synced" WalkthroughWhat is the default port for rsync? 873 - The default port for the rsync daemon (service mode) is TCP port 873, used for fast incremental file transfer, rsync can also use SSH (port 22) for secure, encrypted transfers. How many TCP ports are open o...Dec 13, 2025·2 min read
thecyberstudent.hashnode.devHack The Box "Mongod" WalkthroughHow many TCP ports are open on the machine? 2 - Running our usual nmap scan against our target machine we can see that there are 2 open tcp ports on the machine. Which service is running on port 27017 of the remote host? MongoDB 3.6.8 - As seen ...Dec 7, 2025·2 min read
thecyberstudent.hashnode.devHack The Box "Preignition" WalkthroughDirectory Brute-forcing is a technique used to check a lot of paths on a web server to find hidden pages. Which is another name for this? (i) Local File Inclusion, (ii) dir busting, (iii) hash cracking. dir busting - Technique used to find hidden or...Nov 29, 2025·3 min read
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