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Bandit 11 → 12

OverTheWire Linux Progressive

Goal: decode a file where every letter has been rotated 13 places through the alphabet.

bandit11@bandit
bandit11@bandit:~$ cat data.txt | tr '[a-zA-Z]' '[n-za-mN-ZA-M]'
The password you are looking for is: <password>
Password7x16WNeHIi5YkIhWsfFIqoognUTyj9Q4

ROT13 is a fixed Caesar shift of 13 over the 26-letter alphabet. Because 13 is half of 26, applying the same letter-for-letter tr mapping a second time shifts back to the original. It is reversible by design and protects nothing.