# README > HHousen's writeups to various [HackTheBox](https://hackthebox.com) machines and challenges. ## What is HackTheBox? "Hack The Box is an online platform allowing you to test your penetration testing skills and exchange ideas and methodologies with thousands of people in the security field." - [hackthebox.com](https://hackthebox.com) "**Machines/Boxes** are instances of vulnerable virtual machines. These are virtualized services, virtualized operating systems, and virtualized hardware. Boxes can host different Operating Systems; Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, and more." "**Challenges** are bite-sized applications for different pentesting techniques." They are similar to traditional CTF-style tasks. More info about the structure of HackTheBox can be found on the [HTB knowledge base](https://help.hackthebox.com/en/articles/5185158-gs-introduction-to-hack-the-box). ## Machines 1. [9th May 2020 - OpenAdmin (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/openadmin) (0 points) 2. [2nd December 2020 - Doctor (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/doctor) (0 points) 3. [13th February 2022 - Horizontall (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/horizontall) (0 points) 4. [14th February 2022 - Paper (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/paper) (10+20 points) 5. [17th February 2022 - Secret (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/secret) (10+20 points) 6. [18th February 2022 - Devzat (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/secret) (15+30 points) 7. [20th February 2022 - Driver (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/driver) (10+20 points) 8. [21st February 2022 - Backdoor (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/backdoor) (10+20 points) 9. [23rd February 2022 - Pandora (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/pandora) (10+20 points) 10. [25th February 2022 - Shibboleth (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/shibboleth) (15+30 points) 11. [26th February 2022 - Meta (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/meta) (15+30 points) 12. [28th February 2022 - AdmirerToo (Hard)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/admirertoo) (20+40 points) 13. [1st March 2022 - RouterSpace (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/routerspace) (10+20 points) 14. [24th July 2022 - Timelapse (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/timelapse) (10+20 points) 15. [25th July 2022 - Noter (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/noter) (15+30 points) 16. [26th July 2022 - Talkative (Hard)](https://github.com/HHousen/hack-the-box/blob/master/Machines/Talkative/README.md) (20+40 points) 17. [27th July 2022 - OpenSource (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/opensource) (10+20 points) 18. [28th July 2022 - Faculty (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/faculty) (15+30 points) 19. [29th July 2022 - StreamIO (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/streamio) (15+30 points) 20. [31st July 2022 - Carpediem (Hard)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/carpediem) (20+40 points) 21. [1st August 2022 - RedPanda (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/redpanda) (10+20 points) 22. [2nd August 2022 - Support (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/support) (10+20 points) 23. [3rd August 2022 - Shared (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/shared) (15+30 points) 24. [4th August 2022 - Scrambled (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/scrambled) (15+30 points) 25. [5th August 2022 - Retired (Medium)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/retired) (15+30 points) 26. [6th August 2022 - Trick (Easy)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/trick) (10+20 points) 27. [7th August 2022 - Hathor (Insane)](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/machines/hathor) (25+50 points) ### Older Undated Writeups #### Old Starting Point Writeups 1. [Archetype](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-starting-point-writeups/archetype) 2. [Oopsie](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-starting-point-writeups/oopsie) 3. [Shield](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-starting-point-writeups/shield) 4. [Vaccine](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-starting-point-writeups/vaccine) #### Old Machine Writeups 1. [Bashed](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/bashed) 2. [Blue](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/blue) 3. [Devel](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/devel) 4. [Grandpa](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/grandpa) 5. [Jerry](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/jerry) 6. [Lame](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/lame) 7. [Legacy](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/legacy) 8. [Netmon](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/netmon) 9. [Nibbles](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/nibbles) 10. [Optimum](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/old-machine-writeups/optimum) ## Challenges 1. [15th February 2022 - Templated](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/challenges/templated) (20 points) 2. [15th February 2022 - Under Construction](https://htb.haydenhousen.com/challenges/templated) (30 points) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://htb.haydenhousen.com/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.