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DNS Tunnel Hunter

Hard 250 pts 🚩 25 solves ⏱ Avg. time to solve: 45d 10h

Challenge Question

Buried inside an otherwise unremarkable stream of DNS traffic is a domain receiving an unusual number of oddly-structured subdomain queries. DNS is rarely blocked outbound, which makes it a convenient way to sneak data past a firewall a few bytes at a time. Reconstruct what was actually being exfiltrated.
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Details

  • CategoryNetwork Security
  • Authortark
  • AddedJul 4, 2026
  • Avg. Time to Solve45d 10h
  • First Blood🩸 ookoro

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