This is a great thread to look at, when you hit your first plateau.
Some great information
And unlike some of the others here, I wanna know how to get into others systems without a proggy(I dont buy the ole "I wanna learn to protect myself"  jazz!! lol.), I wanna know how to bounce off nodes to make detection that little more difficult, I wanna know how to mass inject a server, and tell Frank he'll be alright once he gives my favourite Milli Vanilli single back!! I wanna know what the heck Im talking about when Im talking it!! lol

Im not gonna try and mask what I want to learn, as it only hinders my own learning, and there's nothing better than learning something you wanna learn
But I can say out of all honesty..  Its out of curiosity and fun that I have been interested.
I dont wanna be the next Phantom Menace online.
But would like to be able to know, what Im looking at, when its right infront of me.

Freedom of information, and Common sense, are 2 necessities greatly under utilised when starting off.
Understand these, and patience will be your virtue

My 2 shillings worth

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nice