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where-are-the-robots

  • Description: Can you find the robots?
  • Difficulty: Easy

🔎 Solution​

Based on the challenge's name, it's reasonable to assume that it involves the robots.txt file - a standard used by websites to instruct web crawlers on which parts of the site should not be indexed. While it's meant for search engines, robots.txt can unintentionally reveal sensitive or hidden paths when misused or improperly configured.

Navigating to /robots.txt, we discover a clue pointing us to another path.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /8028f.html

Following this lead to /8028f.html, we are rewarded with the flag.

🚩Flag​

picoCTF{ca1cu1at1ng_Mach1n3s_8028f}