95 replies to this topic

[rivz]

hey guys ive been learning alot about hacking and scripting/ networking and i was jsut wondering for the program linux, linux has a bunch of differnt versions do you guys ahve any ideas on which version to start with??


thanks rivz

[beardednose]

I think ubuntu is the easiest to load and run as it has great HW detection and minimal configuration.

I started with Knoppix, the redhat, then fedora. The key is to just start and google, google, google, play, and read.

[rockon]

For everybody who wanted to try linux (ubuntu) but didn't dare to take the big step

Try WUBI

Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu Linux as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you.

http://www.download....tml?tag=lst-0-1 (----- download link. Incl reviews

http://wubi-installer.org/ (-------- official website

I didn't try it for my self. But give me the details

Grtz RockOn

[Ganeshen]

Hello All,

My first post here.

Suggestions by the seniors and experienced members are quite clear and focussed. This is certainly a guiding post for many who are looking forward for a good base in the field of security. Also, I am sure working with similar approach & direction would help one become more mature and a resposible person.

I am checking out the earlier posts and am sure it's going to take considerable time before I am through. And it's worth it.

Thanks GSO.

[AfroSamurai]

Since lot of ppl have talked abt using linux as there workbase I'd like to add these few words

Back Track is a good linux distro based on based on the SLAX distribution, specially desigend for pen testing and obviously can use it for hacking. It comes with more than 300 security tools bundled in it. If somebody wish to giv it a go here's the LINK to ISO Image
This is a live cd so you can paly with it and if feels good can install to your hdd later .

Anonym.OS LiveCD is another bootable live cd based on OpenBSD that provides same kind of workbase which has strong encryption and anonymization. Follow the LINK if you wish to get the ISO

These have been around for a while now so sure you guys have herad abt it and if someone found this useful that my plesure

Have a Good One !

[BitJunky]

Did somebody mention TCP/IP???

Well I have attached a few more of my much loved tut's
for anyone thaht's interested... and Awesome stuff for the above info... alwayz good to learn from More Experienced users... even if the're conciderably younger then you are. <Shaun2k> take care and have phun.

Wkd.

Contents of package:
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Maximum Security - A Hackerz Guide to Protecting your Internet
TCP 4 Cert
Teach yourself TCP-IP in 14 Dayz Sec. Ed.SAMS


ps: Wicked Could'nt hack his way outta a Paper bag with scissors...

pps: Yeah they're a little out Dated but still come in handy.

ppps: Wicked Ain't Really that old....

pppps: Don't Ask!
Laterz.

I have tried to download your attached file but it doesnt seem to be there any more! Could you please re-post it because it seems like valuable information.

[dundel]

Hi,

I'm new here, but no totally new to this scene. I never got really deep in to writing/use your own/other peoples exploits and looking for vulnerabilities.
But it seems really interesting to write your own code. So i decided to give it a try. I see most exploits are written for linux. Thats great because i'm using only linux(ubuntu), and a virtual windowsXP within.
I already got some books about C, C++ so i'm going to check that out.
But i just want to know, if you guys have some tips or tutorials that can come in handy. That you guys used to learn how write your own code.

I hope for your reply's


-dundel

[Little_Dice]

Well obviously you are pretty comfortable in Linux so I would start out by writing a few program in bash. Its basically a txt file with a bunch of Linux commands to do stuff ( I know really technical terms). Then I would start tackling c or c++. In the beginning you can just use a text file and rename it cpp or what ever you need and use the linux compiler, but once you start getting a little more advance a gui would be nice to help keep track of your work. I suggest Netbeans 6.0.

For learning c++ I would suggest this site. hxxp://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

Good Luck

Little_Dice

[dundel]

Well obviously you are pretty comfortable in Linux so I would start out by writing a few program in bash. Its basically a txt file with a bunch of Linux commands to do stuff ( I know really technical terms). Then I would start tackling c or c++. In the beginning you can just use a text file and rename it cpp or what ever you need and use the linux compiler, but once you start getting a little more advance a gui would be nice to help keep track of your work. I suggest Netbeans 6.0.

For learning c++ I would suggest this site. hxxp://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

Good Luck

Little_Dice

Thanks for your reply and i will check the site.

[supershane4141]

where can i learn about sql injection step by step, cause i cant understand how to use it on a .php url

[Blake]

Lots of sources are on this board, just look through google before asking any questions

[Edu]

one day there will be a BIG flashing button called "search before you post...you may find your answer much before someone reply to it and it can be right below your nose!" in the forum´s index page...and still the dudes will post a new topic or post and wait like many hours till someone reply saying he/she could easily have found it using google or the forum search

[Blake]

The day people actually search before posting will be the day that the world ends!

[k54]

Lots of good information here. I would like to add that I liked the Slackware Linux as it is more Unix like.

There is Slax at www.slax.org for live CD or Flash drive (pocket os) version Slackware Linux. I add NTFS3G in the custom config to be able to write on NTFS partitions and delete virus on windows systems hdd.

There is SMS slackware mini sever project at http://sms.it-ccs.com that is a complete server solution with most of the services that you will need in.

Those new to Linux can try it to have a feel at Linux.

[Thiseas]

A big HELLO to all of you people...

As a newbie in this very forum, i decide to spend my 1st post here, taking (also) the opportunity to put some thoughts, while this section is still "free of charge"

This is a security forum.
It is not a forum that someone could ask how to crack his girlfriends mail...
It is a forum that respects itself and its name and (i hope) the idea behind hacking and hackers...
Also, respect those that borned and grew up with the "phrack" ethics and knowledge...

Expect of these aspects, there some other (untold) things that I can conclude reading allmost every post in this section (and not only) :
1. Hackers adore Linux... Not me.
2. Hackers hate Windows and Micro$oft in general... Not me.
According to the above logic, i could state in advance that I am not a hacker, and I will not be,... BUT, I am a security enthusiast and hobist and as such, let me express my small opinion here...

Look guys, let me say my iniquity, which actually is my honesty:
I love Microsoft Windows!

ok... pls read first before killing me...

I just grew up using DOS, since 1983...
I show Windows from its very first release...
On that days, the word "UNIX" was just a dream on a box running @ 4.77Mhz, with 64Kb of RAM and... 2 drives!
I just lived with what I had... so with only such software & hardware I had the oportunity for test and experiment.
A few years later, on the 80386 era, a few PC-Unix versions like Interactive Unix and SCO Unix presented...
It was not possible (of course) to have one such box in your house... unless you were Mr IcanBuyEverything, while these boxes were VERY expensive @ that time, for us, the poor students...
Of course I spend many hours using such boxes @ Univercity, but not so much as I would like to and never @ nights... if you know what i mean!

When LINUX born I was a post-graduate student. I use it with joy and emmotion, because of many reasons...:
-Open source => modifiable
-Free
-You were almost sure that there are not hidden "big brothers" behind any system call.
-Multi User, multi tasking.
-Secure... etc, etc.
I show Linux (too) from its very first release... facing many of its "ways"! Dont surprise you, but, windows too, at the very beginning wasn't easier to setup, expecially some devices... Even DOS, as I remember, it was a nightmare to activate NLQ (Near Letter Quality) letters to a Manesmantally Printer using the very "mode" command...

Every time I am trying to get the summary of all this as a resultant of the above different faces of the same... "madness", I am comming to the following conclusion...
I cannot forget my first love...

I cannot forget DOS and Windows with its plus and its minus...
I grow up with them...
From DOS Command prompt... PC Tools, Norton Utilities, Fedit, GWBasic, to Windows 1, 2, 3, 3.11, 95, 98, NT, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, Visual Studio, SQL Server etc etc etc...
Its a matter of choice (you can say), its a matter of life... I must add.

Thnx 4 reading my 1st post...