Re: pen testing beginner
On 10/29/2016 11:50 AM, emetib wrote:
> have been a linux only person since before 2000 (late 2.2 early 2.4
> kernels), yet haven't done much with it in the last ten years. ...
> i'm looking at getting back into it and into pen
> testing.
I assume you mean penetration testing. Given that computers and
networks are built from many hardware, firmware, and software work
products, I would expect that there are specialties. It might help to
pick one, and then find the knowledge and skill dependencies.
> from what i have been reading lately i'm going to have to know quite
> a bit about a couple of different things that i didn't jump to deep
> into before, programming and networking especially. ...
> i have given myself a four year window on this learning cycle and am
curious about going about it. ...
> please just give advice and not right or wrong opinions on what i
> maybe trying to do with my options and if i should actually take some
> classes to augment my self learning.
If you are serious about this, go get yourself a degree in computer
science. I preferred and recommend the old-fashioned university
approach -- professors, planned sequence of courses, classrooms, labs,
textbooks, homework, projects, and especially the camaraderie of other
students.
David
Reply to: