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Haha, I have natural talent, what can I say

In Orlando, coming back from Pleasure Island maybe? I don't know, was too drunk. Ah, the night of SAP and Universal Studios. Back at the hotel now. Cocoa Beach More Cocoa Beach Korean restaurant in Indy (fucking amazing food)

Is this an up to date computer?

I.....I.....I want to cry.....

Word

Yah she 1337

thx

I second that. As for beginning. There are many different ways you can go, because hacking is a broad term. There are network hacks, software hacks, etc. I know this is a bad answer, but if want to get a good foundation, the best thing to do is learn one of those two, if not both. O'reilly has some great books out there on networking, as well as many good books on programming. If you want to start dissecting software eventually and finding flaws in it, it's almost essential that you have a good understanding of C and assembly. Then I would start digging into books like this. Also, reading through exploit code can teach you a lot. Check out milw0rm, Exploit Tree, and Security Focus for some great exploit code. With regards to networking, I would recommend picking up a few books on networking (Cisco, etc.) and see if you can find a few devices cheap on Ebay. Then start picking them apart, and testing out hacks. There are many good documents out there on packet forensics, and network flow. I would really read up on how networks really work, eveyone knows the basic concept, but computer networks are incredibly sophisticated and there is a lot to learn. In fact, I don't think any one person can possibly know all there is to know about digital networks, so there is always more to learn, and more vulnerabilities to discover.

HAHAHA, awesome.

The current setup in my apartment SAP rented out Universal Studios for members of the ASUG conference. Yes, they rented it out..... Anyway, picture of some of us partying at Universal talking geek. Another geek photo If you are still wondering how this picture is geeky, remember that there is nothing more important to a hacker than asian chicks. That and, surprisingly enough, she is one hell of a coder.

Dude hacking always gets the chick. If I weren't a hacker I would have never gotten my girl. Funny thing is, she's a far superior coder than me. Got her B.S. in CS at Carnegie Mellon, and she schools me all the time.

Check out Ettercap and Dsniff. I have used those tool collections on switches before. And of course something like Ethereal is good for analyzing the traffic. Of course, if the router holds on ARP table, you may need to investigate it's ARP lease, otherwise you may find yourself having a difficult time performing a poisoning attack.

3/4 of the people that go to DefCon are major noobs, it's basically turned into just a big party in Vegas. But hey, that's cool with me.

I really want to go. Some good bands are going to be there. But alas, I have work.

Yep that is the one.

no certs here it's possible my job may want me to get a few SAP ones for resume though. Other than that I have no plans to get certs on my own

I don't know anything. I'm n00b. But I am still going

I'll be there. Got hotel reservations already, still need to book the plane ticket though, haha. I'll be taking my thinkpad and recording equipment, because SploitCast will be doing some recording throughout the DefCon weekend. Also taking lots of money to drink and gamble away.

Pretty cool

My Apple Powerbook (old) stays up quite a bit, usually beacuse I forget to turn it off. My thinkpad stays on from when work starts until work ends. Which, lately, has been 8am - 8pm.

My friends and I wear real thick clothes and helmets then go out and shoot 9mm at each other. I mean, seriously, what's the harm? It's just a 9mm Pfft, paintballs for pussies.

http://www.rosiello.org/modules/mydownload...wcat.php?cid=40 I haven't used any of these, so I don't know if any of them work

Hah, no the asian girl came with patience and charm.

Alright, so I'm officially in Indy now. New Place Map I quite literally live above a 24 hour bar. No joke.

Nooo, not the GRC links.....aaah, my eyes are bleeding!! I feared the day Gibson would make it to the Hak.5 website. IT'S A BACKDOOR!!!!!!! Okay, anyway, back on subject. Check out ElGamal. Great algorithm. Also, on the topic of key sizes, even 2048 bits is a fuck load. Usually there is an advancement in mathematics that breaks an algorithm before an advancement in technology that computes ciphertext encrypted with a larger keysize. You can have the biggest lock on your door, shit you can have 10 locks on your door, and a crook will just break in the window. The implementation of the algorithm is more important than the size of the key.