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Re: learning ethical hacking
From: "Samir Kelekar" <samir () teknotrends com>
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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