THM | Putting it all together

How The Web Works | Putting it all together | Summary:

This series of walkthroughs aims to help out complete beginners with finishing the Pre Security Path on the TryHackMe website. It is based on the learning content provided in the Putting it all together room.

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Disclaimer: Please note that this write-up is NOT intended to replace the original room or its content, but rather serve as supplementary material for those who are stuck and need additional guidance. This walkthrough provides one (of the many) possible solution to the challenges, without revealing any flags or passwords directly.

Task | 1 | Putting It All Together

Read the short intro before moving to the next task.

Question 1: I've read this...

No answer needed

Task | 2 | Other Components

One after the other, Load Balancers, CDNs, Databases and WAFs are introduced here.

Question 1: What can be used to host static files and speed up a clients visit to a website?

CDN

Question 2: What does a load balancer perform to make sure a host is still alive?

health check

Question 3: What can be used to help against the hacking of a website?

WAF

Task | 3 | How Web Servers Work

Learn about web servers and how they work. Check out the differences between static and dynamic content before proceeding with the next task.

Question 1: What does web server software use to host multiple sites?

Virtual Hosts

Question 2: What is the name for the type of content that can change?

Dynamic

Question 3: Does the client see the backend code? Yay/Nay

Nay

Task | 4 | Quiz

Grab the flag by dragging and dropping the tiles on the right, into the correct order of how a request to a website works.

After placing the last tile on to it's rightful place, you will be rewarded with a nice pop-up window, displaying the flag.

Question 1: Flag

<flag>

Here, we arrived at the end of the current room, and with this, the whole module is completed. But as they say, three down, two to go.