hanshot1st

Looking for recommendations on eReaders. Color screen is not essential as i am mostly going to be using it to read PDFs. Preferably with WiFi and bigger the screen the better. Looking for something with the least amount of DRM nonsense on it (if applicable). Going to start searching on my own, just thought i'd get some opinions from some of you that may already have one or used a couple. Thanks in advance for any recommendations/help. =D

Minimal knowledge/skills at hacking/pen-testing at the moment. Starting out is so ominous because everybody has a different idea of where to start out. Currently reading a "How Networks Work" book, Hacking for Dummies (to learn terminology, etc.), and a book on Backtrack 5 by someone who appears reputable. Also, picked up all last year's issues of 2600 and subscribed. I threw a new HDD & DVD/CD drive into an old gaming tower & hoping to use that as my "guinea pig" for experimenting in a safe non-harmful way. Any pointers, books, places to look, etc. Would be greatly appreciated. p.s. As a sidenote, i took programming in high school (12 years ago). Learned on ANCIENT stuff though (basic, pascal, & got my feet wet briefly in C++). So, i have SOME concept of how programming works.

No limiting resource. Have money, get paid vacation time, and i live a 90 minute train ride from NYC. My only limiting resource right now is knowledge. =(

As someone in their pen-testing/hacking infancy is there really anything for me at H.O.P.E.? Really interested in going, but need some honest opinions of whether or not it's even worth my time as a hackling. =\

That's fair, i guess me asking is a symptom of lack of time to sift thru things on my own. I can't speak for everyone, but myself, i work 70 hours a week. So sometimes finding time to research things gets a bit hairy. =( I do appreciate everyone's input though. You're all very helpful. =)

Thank you for the info. The reason for asking people like yourselves for information and suggestions is because when I want to get my car fixed I ask who my friends recommend instead of just opening the phonebook, and hoping the place I choose does a good job. I do use search engines, but it seems more logical to ask someone more knowledgeable for assistance first.

I use DuckDuckGo.com & startpage.com as they do not track. What is the function of HashCat? And do brute forcing attacks work more effectively?

I don't use google due to privacy concerns, and as I stated above, I wanted to get suggestions from people who already knew good places to go. This keeps me from sifting thru BS sites that offer crap or have sub-par lists. I do appreciate the link just the same. ;) p.s. I do some of my posts thru friends' smartphones, so i don't always have the option/time to google/search things right away.

Links to WHERE to download these lists would be a help. Looking to crack WPA/WPA2/WEP keys. Thank you for the ones listed. =)

Any suggestions where to look? (As long as it's under 100gb size not an issue) There are TONS of sites, but looking for good suggestions to eliminate sifting.

The "Learn C in 21 days" link is dead. =( Any other resources similar?

Is this overkill?

Currently running BT5R1 on an Aspire One 722. Oddly enough i've been able to connect just find with it using Ubuntu (the actual installed OS), but Backtrack seems to need me to DL the drivers? So my follow-up would be, how do i DL the drivers for an OS i am running "live", but not actually installed on a system that seems to run fine in a different flavor of Linux? p.s. As a sidenote. Ever since i've had Ubuntu installed i have a semi-transparent "Unsupported hardware" AMD box in the lower right that doesn't go away. Have asked on other forums how to get this to go away to no avail. =(

How would I go about updating the drivers thru BT5R1? Driver updating and whatnot is rather simple in Ubuntu. What is the process in BT5?

" lsusb: Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0402:7675 Ali Corp. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fe:3800 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub" "iwconfig: lo: no wireless extensions eht0: no wireless extensions"

So trying to run airmon-ng on my newly working live USB (BT5R1). But Interface, Chipset, & Driver show nothing. Confused as to why it's not being seen/read. Keep in mind i'm rather new to BackTrack & it's tools, so be gentle.