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CTF Writeup: Optimum on HackTheBox

30 October 2017

Introduction

This was one of my first capture the flags, and the first HTB to go retired while I had a good enough grasp of it to do a write up. The steps are directed towards beginners, just like the box.

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

	##
	# You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
	# of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
	# http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
	# http://wiki.nginx.org/QuickStart
	# http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration
	#
	# Generally, you will want to move this file somewhere, and start with a clean
	# file but keep this around for reference. Or just disable in sites-enabled.
	#