OSWP is a really great course and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a certification with IT/Wireless Security

You should be able to start the course and pass the exam within 6 weeks (I did mine in 8 but I was taking my tmie) and if you really push it, probably about 2-3 weeks

If you going to take that, get a copy of BackTrack Linux before hand (free and open source) and get an Alfa Network AWUS036H USB WiFi adapter and a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router and sign up for the course

I would recommend gettinga copy of VMware Player or Workstation then you shouldn't have any hardware issues as you can attatch the USB adapter to the virtual machine etc and break into various wireless networks that you have to set up as part of the exercises for the course

Good Luck

~TheXero

I have never done monitor mode on Windows, only on Linux

Although aircrack-ng has window binary's, its not supported

You will also need airpcap in order to enable monitor mode on the card

I primarly use it with Windows 7, with no issues

However I was using it through the training period for my OSWP cert in VMware Workstation for BackTrack 3, and 4/R1

Mine gets used alot, as its my primary method of connecting to the internet these days lol (on Windows)

I use an Alfa Networks AWUS036H USB adapter

I sure anyone would agree this has to be the worlds best adapter around for this use

I'm fairly fluent in VB.net but obviously its Windows only, and I'm trying to get rid of it from my memory lol

But I'm pretty much going through the free online Google class on python, only watched part 1 so far, but I am hoping it will at least make me more familiar so I can begin to code my own small programs etc

Hopefully once I get better, I will be able to code my own aircrack-ng so I can begin to go into leap/peap/radius networks but that is later

Cool

I think I'll continue learning python and bash over the next few months, then somehow build up the courage again and speak to my manager about enrolling in the course

I'm not nervous about his reaction because he said he will support me, but the fact that its alot of money, and technically it won't help me to do my job any better, as we're a standard Microsoft house

I think maybe around May/June time I will ask, hopefully by then I will be confident with python and bash

Cheers

Hi

My career aspirations pretty much wanting to end up as a certified penetration tester

I passed my OSWP in late August and I'm wanting to take part in the OSCP within the next yaer or so, but some people wouldn't recommend it straight off

OSWP is the only tech cert I have got, and reading reviews etc of certs I was thinking of doing (A+, Security+), those are a complete waste of time, so I'm thinking of just going straight for OSCP, however some people here don't recommend this for beginners

I have been using BackTrack for a number of years beginning with version 3 and I rarely even start a graphical session these days, as I tend to use lynx these days

I have never really done any debugging before, but I'm currently learning python and bash and I'm wandering if this is one of those courses that I would be able to do straight off

For instance, when I initially signed up for OSWP, I was scared basically because of the lack of experience I had with WiFi and the command line however my command line usage has come on very far since WiFu, but again, I'm having doubts

What would you recommend I do from here on?

Thanks