Description
But Where Have My Network Packets Gone?
In this challenge, we invite you to play with DPDK.
Will you be able to retrieve the contents of the network packets received on the network interface?
Notes:
- To have a functional
Ctrl-C
, you can usestty -cooked -echo
in your terminal after backgrounding your connection to the challenge made withnc
. - To reproduce the challenge locally:
- Extract the archive with
tar xf babydpdk.tar.xz
. - Start the Docker container with
docker compose up --build
. - Connect to the local challenge with
nc localhost 4000
.
- Extract the archive with
- To connect to the machine, use the password “user”
Files
- docker-compose.yml
-
babydpdk.tar.xz
46.26 MiB – 8bb63d26a320c4b1c9ac976359b1e322bab5931bbfa78cda4120b93394ab1fcd
Author

gte
Challenge Instructions
- First, download docker-compose.yml:
curl https://hackropole.fr/challenges/fcsc2025-misc-baby-dpdk/docker-compose.public.yml -o docker-compose.yml
- Launch the challenge by executing in the same folder:
docker compose up
- Then, in another console, access the challenge with Netcat:
nc localhost 4000
In case you encounter problems, please consult the FAQ.
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