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Re: learning ethical hacking
From: Shawn Duffy <shawnduffy () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:42:45 -0400
What many people fail to recognize is that if you get into this in an effort to "learn how to hack", you're not going to get very far. This isn't about learning how to compromise systems, per se, it is about learning the technology behind it all. If you simply want to know how to "hack", you may end up being no better than a script kiddy... If you want to really succeed and differentiate yourself from the kiddies, learn the technology. When you learn the technology, you will learn how it works and how to break it. That being said, the following seems to be a fantastic book: "The Hacker's Handbook: The Strategy Behind Breaking into and Defending Networks" by Susan Young, Dave Aitel It seems to be the most comprehensive overview of the state of technical security contained in one book. It isn't extremely advanced and a lot of it may be review but it goes a long way to explaining how many different types of technology work and explains their place in the "security big picture". The book is expensive but will probably be well worth it, especially for a beginner... Shawn On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:13:56 -0500, Nick Falcon <nickbird793 () hotmail com> wrote:
The Unofficial Guide To Ethical Hacking by Ankit Fadia Great book highly recommend it Get it at: Barnes and Nobles Amazon.com Wherever else you can find it. -Nickbird
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