I assume it wasn’t your intention, but I read this comment as very harsh on the author. I, too, remember the 90s and I think calling OP a script kiddie was some

I assume it wasn’t your intention, but I read this comment as very harsh on the author. I, too, remember the 90s and I think calling OP a script kiddie was somewhat uncalled for. I don’t work in security, but I’ve always been very intrigued by it and have enjoyed some success in CTFs. Having said that, is automating stuff not a goal of every software engineer? DevOps has exploded in popularity; terraform didn’t exist in the 90s. Am I a script kiddie for using pre-built (and tested!) terraform modules? As for the “mostly for fun” quip… OP is literally writing up a HackTheBox challenge, performed purely for fun. If you want something fun and security adjacent to play around with I can’t recommend microcorruption strongly enough; I really really enjoyed that.