March 25th I wrote about my experiences so far with the wargames at overthewire.org. After writing that, I decided that it was time to solve the Narnia wargame.
Narnia levels
Levels 0 through 4 lets you practice buffer overflow techniques. Fairly easy to solve if you read Smashing the stack for fun and profit. Level 3 requires a bit of outside-the-box thinking.
Levels 5 is a simple intro to format string vulnerabilities. It’s also fairly easy to solve, if you read any paper about format string vulnerabilities. 
Level 6 bugged me very much, since I didn’t think enough outside the box. Actually, I got so frustrated, that I decided to leave narnia6 alone for a while and try my luck on Natas (I’ll get back to that later).
Level 7 was another format string exercise. It gave me quite a lot of trouble, but then I read this PDF file and by playing around with the format string I eventually solved it. I used more than a week on this level, but solved it eventually. I need more practice with exploiting format strings! 
Level 8 was another hard nut to crack for me. I had a clear idea about what needed to be done, but couldn’t get it to work. After a couple of weeks, I gave in and searched for a solution on Google. After figuring out that a certain address was stored two times on the stack, everything came together and the level was solved.
My thought about Narnia
This was a great wargame for a beginner! The levels get increasingly harder andI learned a lot during the time I spent working my way trough the levels. Also, it is really awarding when you get to do a victory dance, celebrating your new found knowledge. The only downside is, that the level descriptions are missing.. A couple of hints now and again would be very helpful, but I think somebody is working on that.
Natas
Natas is about server side web (http) attacks. It covers quite a few techniques, such as file inclusions, (blind) SQL injections, abusing parameters and much more. It was very fun, and a nice break from Narnia. I think people developing web apps should solve this wargame, it will surely teach them something about web application security. Quick tip: Level 16->17 requires you to use newlines, so figure out how to put them in an URL.
Ending notes
All in all, a couple of very fun wargames! I recommend that people interested in programming, computer security or computers in general try their luck with these two. You might learn something. Also, I don’t consider it cheating that I had to look at a solution for Narnia8. After all, I’m doing this to learn and I would get nowhere if I didn’t look for new knowledge. 
Happy hacking!
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As I wrote a couple of days ago, I’ve started solving the wargames on overthewire.org – so far it’s going great! I just finished the leviathan wargame a couple of minutes ago, and it’s been quite fun.
The only level giving me any real trouble is level 2, I failed to read a manual page on a specific function used in the program. But other than that, it was quite fun!
Next, I’m going to try out the narnia wargame, and since the website describing these levels is empty, I will collect reading material on my blog, so other people can find relevant information.