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TryHackMe HTTP in Detail

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TryHackMe HTTP in Detail

References

What is HTTP(S)?

What does HTTP stand for?

Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol

What does the S in HTTPS stand for?

Answer: Secure

On the mock webpage on the right there is an issue, once you've found it, click on it. What is the challenge flag?

  • The page does not support HTTPS, click on the lock next to the page's address. The page does not support HTTPS

Flag: THM{INVALID_HTTP_CERT}

Requests & Responses

Example Request: 



GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0
Referer: https://tryhackme.com/
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Example Response: 



HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2021 13:34:03 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 98

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    Welcome To TryHackMe.com
</body>
</html>
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What HTTP protocol is being used in the above example?

Answer: HTTP/1.1

What response header tells the browser how much data to expect?

Answer: Content-Length

HTTP Methods

What method would be used to create a new user account?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

POST Request

This is used for submitting data to the web server and potentially creating new records.

Answer: POST

What method would be used to update your email address?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

PUT Request

This is used for submitting data to a web server to update information.

Answer: PUT

What method would be used to remove a picture you've uploaded to your account?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

DELETE Request

This is used for deleting information/records from a web server.

Answer: DELETE

What method would be used to view a news article?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

GET Request

This is used for getting information from a web server.

Answer: GET

HTTP Status Codes

What response code might you receive if you've created a new user or blog post article?

  • According to the information provided in the question:
201 - Created A resource has been created (for example a new user or new blog post).

Answer: 201

What response code might you receive if you've tried to access a page that doesn't exist?

  • According to the information provided in the question:
404 - Page Not Found The page/resource you requested does not exist.

Answer: 404

What response code might you receive if the web server cannot access its database and the application crashes?

  • According to the information provided in the question:
503 - Service Unavailable This server cannot handle your request as it's either overloaded or down for maintenance.

Answer: 503

What response code might you receive if you try to edit your profile without logging in first?

  • According to the information provided in the question:
401 - Not Authorised You are not currently allowed to view this resource until you have authorised with the web application, most commonly with a username and password.

Answer: 401

Headers

What header tells the web server what browser is being used?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

User-Agent: This is your browser software and version number, telling the web server your browser software helps it format the website properly for your browser and also some elements of HTML, JavaScript and CSS are only available in certain browsers.

Answer: User-Agent

What header tells the browser what type of data is being returned?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

Content-Type: This tells the client what type of data is being returned, i.e., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Images, PDF, Video, etc. Using the Content-Type header the browser then knows how to process the data.

Answer: Content-Type

What header tells the web server which website is being requested?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

Host: Some web servers host multiple websites so by providing the Host headers you can tell it which one you require, otherwise you'll just receive the default website for the server.

Answer: Host

Cookies

Which header is used to save cookies to your computer?

  • According to the information provided in the question:

Cookies are saved when you receive a Set-Cookie header from a web server.

Answer: Set-Cookie

Making Requests

Make a GET request to /room

  • Request: ```http

GET /room HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0

* Response:
```http


HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Fri, 14 May 2021 18:35:9 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 233
Last-Modified: Fri, 14 May 2021 18:35:9 GMT

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    Welcome to the Room page THM{YOU'RE_IN_THE_ROOM}
</body>
</html>
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Flag: THM{YOU'RE_IN_THE_ROOM}

Make a GET request to /blog and using the gear icon set the id parameter to 1 in the URL field

  • Request: ```http

GET /blog?id=1 HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0

* Response:
```http


HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Fri, 14 May 2021 18:36:42 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 231
Last-Modified: Fri, 14 May 2021 18:36:42 GMT

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    Viewing Blog article 1 THM{YOU_FOUND_THE_BLOG}
</body>
</html>
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Flag: THM{YOU_FOUND_THE_BLOG}

Make a DELETE request to /user/1

  • Request: ```http

DELETE /user/1 HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0
Content-Length: 0

* Response:
```http


HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Fri, 14 May 2021 18:38:32 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 231
Last-Modified: Fri, 14 May 2021 18:38:32 GMT

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    The user has been deleted THM{USER_IS_DELETED}
</body>
</html>
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Flag: THM{USER_IS_DELETED}

Make a PUT request to /user/2 with the username parameter set to admin

  • Request: ```http

PUT /user/2 HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0
Content-Length: 14

username=admin

* Response:
```http


HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Fri, 14 May 2021 18:40:30 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 232
Last-Modified: Fri, 14 May 2021 18:40:30 GMT

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    Username changed to admin THM{USER_HAS_UPDATED}
</body>
</html>
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Flag: THM{USER_HAS_UPDATED}

POST the username of thm and a password of letmein to /login

  • Request: ```http

POST /login HTTP/1.1
Host: tryhackme.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Firefox/87.0
Content-Length: 33

username=thm&password=letmein

* Response:
```http


HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
Server: nginx/1.15.8
Fri, 14 May 2021 18:42:50 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 237
Last-Modified: Fri, 14 May 2021 18:42:50 GMT

<html>
<head>
    <title>TryHackMe</title>
</head>
<body>
    You logged in! Welcome Back THM{HTTP_REQUEST_MASTER}
</body>
</html>
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Flag: THM{HTTP_REQUEST_MASTER}

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