Re: CEH and Intense School

[Byron Sonne <blsonne () rogers com>]

> I am considering taking the Ethical Hacking course
> tought by Intense School.  Has anyone had experience
> with this training program?  If so, I would be very
> interested in hearing your comments on the program.

Can't comment on the program as I know nothing about it, but have you 
considered some alternates?

If you have some C and perl experience, I would really recommend hanging 
around packetstormsecurity.org and doing alot of reading and playing 
around with the tools on there. Set yourself up with a linux or BSD box, 
maybe a couple of other boxes (ie windows), setup a little home network 
and go to town attacking things. If you don't have machines or any 
networking gear, then give VMware a try. Works great.

Without question, the best best way to learn how hacking works and how 
to do it, as with anything, is to use what people actually use and do 
what people actually do. It will take effort, yes, but there are no 
shortcuts. There is alot of good documentation out there and beginner 
guides as well. If you had the chutzpah to get your CISSP, then it 
shouldn't be too much for you.

Regards,
Byron Sonne


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