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nietzche

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  1. I know this doesn't directly correlate to a "Security Degree", but I work in an area of computer security. Some of the latest fads (or they seem like fads to me, maybe they're really trends and I wouldn't know the difference with only a few years experience) are certifications. That's something being pushed in my arena. I've come from a more networking side, but made my way fairly easily through Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and taking the test for ECSA (follow-on to CEH) in a couple hours. Walking out of these classes I know how attacks work, and when some would be more advantageous than others, but what does that really mean? I could start as a newb down the path of being a licensed pen tester. But w/o a large amount of other knowledge and curiosity that drives you to learn more than the "book-smarts" that these classes and certs provide, you're going to end up a professional script-kiddie at best. For example, at the moment I realize that I am in a major rut not knowing a lick of programming (which is the area I intend on tackling next), because if I'm in a situation where a quick script has to be cooked up, or a program written to do a specific task, I'll crumple like cling-free in a loaded dryer. So what do these certs/classes mean? They mean what you make them to mean. From a personal/professional level maybe they'll get you more money, but from a industry/community wide perspective, they don't mean much. Just my thoughts for what they're worth. (Edited for grammar)
  2. Thank you for your input. :) I talked to one other guy who's already in the pen test business, and he mentioned python quite a while ago as well. Just visited the python site and it looks like it has a good tutorial. Think I'll head in that direction... :P
  3. Hey guys, so I just discovered these forums and am more than pleasantly surprised at the wealth of info and overall good ppl that post here. So I have one question that I apologize if it's been asked before frequently (for I haven't trolled more than a couple pages of these forums yet). I'm much more familiar with the networking side, and now that I'm moving more towards hacking/pen testing house, I'm feeling severely gimped at my non-existent programming knowledge. So my question would be, is there something you gurus would recommend along the lines of which programming language to learn that not only could "get stuff done", but in learning it, I'd be hoping to also develop a knowledge of the inner workings of what's going on. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated. Edit: Wow, I'm retarded, I'm finding alot more info in the sticky up top. Feel free to disregard or delete this post. I'm gonna shoot for the assumption that C would be a good start.....unless anyone else has better advice....
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