Re: Security Basics!

[Everett Maus <starev91 () gmail com>]

Heya:

Well, there's wargames and forums for (very basic) stuff at hackthissite.org and smashthestack.org;  although the tenor 
is somewhat gray-hat among the communities there, they do a decent job of teaching the basics of web hacking and buffer 
overflows/underflows/etc.

Both securitytube.net and hackermedia.org have more sound/video based stuff;  securitytube.net is basically a lot of 
video tutorials, and hackermedia.org has a lot of podcasts (which is more good for learning the basics of security 
through induction).

Google around for more stuff.

Also, to expand on the original question put forth by the poster, what's considered sort of "the baseline" for a job in 
compsec, both in terms of coding and in terms of skills/knowledge?  Certifications?  What else?  I'm curious to see 
what other people think is necessary to be able to say "I have a bit of a background in computer security."

EJM

On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:23 AM, jackson1 () hotmail com wrote:

> Hello! 
>
> Can you please point me to good websites where i can learn the basics of computer security. Video tuts would be good. 
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jk
>
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it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, 
install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are 
highlighted to help you ensure efficient ongoing management of your encryption keys and digital certificates.

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