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Re: Intro To Hacking
From: VHP3 <vhp3 () cox net>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:05:43 -0500
Hi,I have built a web server and I would like to practice hacking it remotely. Are there any tutorials or a good introductory book that takes one step by step through the process of 'owning' an unsecured box?
Ummm... yeah, kinda... But may I ask, first, what this is for? Work? Play? Class?
Here are the stats: FreeBSD 4.10 (not updated for about a month) Default security profile Apache 2 PHP 4.3.8 No SSI No firewall On a university network
The fact that it is on a university network may cause you some problems. Penetration testing, essentially what you are doing...legal "hacking", usually involves getting permission from the /owner/, not the sysadmin, of the box. Aside from that fact, your attack traffic will be flowing across the university network, so I'm sure that there are more than just a few people in the NOC (network operations center...or the equivilent there of) who wouldn't appreciate this too much. Tread lightly. Depending on the circumstances, I can think of about two outcomes this could have if you don't cover all of your bases (and I do mean /all/) and neither is terribly pleasant.
Vince
_jason
Current thread:
- Intro To Hacking Jason Dusek (Oct 15)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Miles Stevenson (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Jonathan Loh (Oct 19)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Miles Stevenson (Oct 19)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Jonathan Loh (Oct 19)
- Re: Intro To Hacking VHP3 (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Greg Tracy (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Barrie Dempster (Oct 19)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Micheal Espinola Jr (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Greg Tracy (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Jon Lawhead (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking xyberpix (Oct 20)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Andrew Smith (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Jason Dusek (Oct 18)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Andrew Smith (Oct 18)
- Re[2]: Intro To Hacking Jeffrey S. Sims (Oct 20)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Jason Dusek (Oct 18)
- RE: Intro To Hacking David Gillett (Oct 18)
(Thread continues...)
- Re: Intro To Hacking Miles Stevenson (Oct 18)