With pointers you have full control over the memory in your program. Also sometimes you need to work with memory addresses, they can be stored in pointers.

And like Equix3n said, how do you allocate dynamic memory? Or how do you access newly allocated memory? You need pointers for this. It's also needed when implementing polymorphism in your program. You have different types of objects, and sometimes you don't know the type in advance or want to change it. You can have your pointer point to a different type of object then.

There are also lots of functions from different API's that need pointers as arguments.

My exam seems still far away with about 12 days of lab time left. I've owned several machines now, including some linux boxes that took multiple steps to get root on. I still don't feel ready for the exam at all. Though it feels like my "skills" are improving

I'll make sure I have all the exercises completed etc, because I've heard it can help you pass the exam.

I try to spend about 2-3 hours on the course in the evenings when I have to work during the day. I sorta have vacation since last week so I can spend at least 5 hours a day, also on weekends.

It depends usually, when I get stuck on something I can work on it all day till I get it fixed

Hi guys,

I've been really busy lately doing my internship and the PWB V3.0 course!

I was getting worried because it took ages for me to finally hack something. But now I can say I successfully penetrated several machines. They're all windows machines, but oh well. Also I managed to reach another network with a bit of help from DRaid

The guys on IRC are very helpful and they always steer me to the right direction without giving spoilers.

I've carefully documented all exercises and most extra miles, which is a very time consuming task. I've studied all the material (labs and video's), and have about 17 lab days left to hack as much as possible.

I'm still very thankful for getting this opportunity. I've already learned so much  I might even pursue a security related career instead of development. Before starting this course I knew I was going to become a software engineer..but now I'm not so sure

Now its time to pwn some Linux boxes

Congrats! 

Congrats Sil. Keep up the good work!

Hehe thanks. I think I'm read for some exploiting now. Just picking my targets now. A couple of windows machines seem easy. I will let you guys know when I hack something!

Welcome to EH-Net, Mat! Sounds like you're well on your way

You're going a lot faster than me j0rDy. I'm at module 6 now and haven't hacked anything with 31 lab days left >_<.

Been enumerating enumerating and enumerating..lol. And spending too much time on exercises and extra miles. At least I'm decent at buffer overflows and exploits so I hope I can hack something soon.

Well done guys! Have fun!

Congrats! 

Congratulations! And at least you know you could have had a perfect score

Google 'perl arguments'.

May I ask what's ethical about this? I don't understand how just running a script against some website for no reason is a good thing.

Anyway..the error looks like some syntax error. You're probably not running it the right way. Maybe you need to give it some arguments.

Hehe thanks j0rDy! I'm just doing this for the learning experience. I know I'm not going to win. I learned some stuff from the "How Strong is Your Fu" contest from Offensive Security by just participating. So I figured it doesn't hurt to try