DC-7 is another purposely built vulnerable lab with the intent of gaining experience in the world of penetration testing.

While this isn’t an overly technical challenge, it isn’t exactly easy.

While it’s kind of a logical progression from an earlier DC release (I won’t tell you which one), there are some new concepts involved, but you will need to figure those out for yourself. 🙂 If you need to resort to brute forcing or dictionary attacks, you probably won’t succeed.

What you will need to do, is to think "outside" of the box.

Waaaaaay "outside" of the box. 🙂

The ultimate goal of this challenge is to get root and to read the one and only flag.

Linux skills and familiarity with the Linux command line are a must, as is some experience with basic penetration testing tools.

For beginners, Google can be of great assistance, but you can always tweet me at @DCAU7 for assistance to get you going again. But take note: I won’t give you the answer, instead, I’ll give you an idea about how to move forward.