Re: learning ethical hacking

From: Samir Kelekar (samir_at_teknotrends.com)
Date: 09/28/04

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:24:36 +0530

    This may not be the right road map, but it could give some pointers.

    I didnt exactly start as a beginner with a 15+ years of experience in the IT
    industry.
    But, frankly, after spending some time on security/hacking, I am still to
    get there in toto.
    I started off on security with Ed Skoudis's book called "Counter Hack",
    Prentice Hall
    PTR (available on Amazon.com)
     I thought that is a superb book. Then, I looked at Alephone's paper on
    Phrack magazine issue 49 (I think) -- smashing the stack for fun and profit.
    That just
    hooked me on to this field. But my assembly skills had to be honed; so I
    studied a
    book on x86 assembly. Then, I went to securiteam.com site and tried to
    compile and
    run some exploits. I have a nice network here with all kinds of OSes loaded
    so that
    I can try to hack into one machine from another, deploy sniffers etc etc.

    I am still there struggling with them, but I now have a much better and
    fundamental
    understanding of what goes in there. Of course, with all my other full-time
    activities, I
    dont have that much time to devote to this.

    Hope this helps.

    regards,
    Samir Kelekar
    Teknotrends Software
    http://www.teknotrends.com

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Anirudhya Mitra" <quartz_blue@HotPOP.com>
    To: <gillettdavid@fhda.edu>
    Cc: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:56 AM
    Subject: Re: learning ethical hacking
    > Is there any roadmap that a beginner can follow?
    >
    >

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