I'm gonna buy and dedicate a new laptop for KALI.

My Certification plans for 2013 are

1. eCPPT Jan - April
2. OSCP  May - Aug
3. CCIE-Sec (Written) By December

Before that I have to finish with my SPSE (Python)

Ultimate for 2014 CCIE:Sec.

@sternone:

From your thread on OSCP, I can deduce you're http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_temperaments#Choleric a choleric kind of person or may be you're being offensive because you're taking an Offensive course HAHA  .

Anyways just concentrate on your course and learn to let things go. If you take an MSc program you learn physiology and anger management along the line. Which is very good cos you'll never know who you're getting angry at( maybe someone who is more insane).

Silence is golden, and remember "the quieter you become, the more loud you're ale to hear".

Peace.   

Hi Cyber.spirit,

I'll recommend the following

1) Abyteofpython  http://www.swaroopch.org/notes/Python "free"

2) LearnPythonTheHardway   http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
"free when reading online" but you can pay for the online program $29 or buy the hard copy book. Buying the book or taking the online class helps Zad maintain the site.

3) SPSE    http://www.securitytube.net/video/3786 "free without Certification" Paid with Cert.

4) http://docs.python.org/   "free"


Personally i'm using all these books and resources I like studying with different resources, I mostly pay to help the hackers community

Hope it helps.

Don't get me wrong, I am not yet a CCIE I only passed the written exams. All i'm saying is with CCIE R&S you only have to study about 13 books visit forums practice, practice and practice I know many CCIE's who passed the exams on first try and with one year of preparation. CCIE deals with OSI layers 1-7 starting with the Cisco hardware itself, but with OSCP and real world hacking you deal with different OS's BSD,Windows,MAC's,Firewalls, Cisco Router etc. All i say is hacking is more packed than CCIE so with the effort you put in a year to pass OSCP with that same effort you can pass CCIE.

But what happened to you, you created this thread with enthusiasm and even posted snapshots of rooted lab rats. I jealous you so why are you giving up. Note. there wouldn't be fun all fruits were hanging low......... in short hope you can guess what am about to write next."T** *a***r".

@sternone I understand your frustration, I got to know of OSCP back in the days when it was PWB (2008). During those days I was busy on my Cisco certification track of which currently I hold the following CCNA,CCDA,CCNP,CCDP and CCIE-Written not forgetting my MCSE+sec. I was and still am a Cisco and Microsoft guru until my company got hacked I was so embarrassed and frustrated that I quit the job (reasons being I didn't know what,who and where to starts troubleshooting from cos my anti-virus, firewall and all security measures failed me). In 2010 I decided to embark on OSCP but realizing I have a weakness in programming i started studying C, Assembly, Linux,Bash and now Python just to get a solid foundation before starting the OSCP. Do you know the number of books I've bought? forums I join etc. just because of OSCP, which i'll be taking next year even after taking the eCPPT. I always ask myself what will I do with my CCIE certification thus if I pass the lab and still the companies I work for gets hacked? Even Pentagon, RSA, Microsoft, Amazon etc do get hacked.

I think OSCP is not your usual Microsoft and Cisco exams that you study 1 book or CBT and the question you get in the final exams is about what you learnt from the book. No with OSCP it is what you get in real world, just a Little advice join forums underground sites IRC etc. they help.

After all your effort if it still doesn't pay off I bet you, with the same amount of time and effort you put in OSCP you can pass any CCIE exams on the 1st try.

Don't give up give it a second short. Money is hard to come by do don't let it go.

Hi EH-Netter,
                I am a Sys admin at a small company in Africa, i see to the day-to-day IT needs of the company thus: emails, servers ,web updates, LAN and MAN. Beginning this year i have been experiencing some problems with our mail(outlook).

Description:
Our domain is being hosted by godaddy (including our email) for us to receive mail we point outlook to godaddy's MX servers. But recently i noticed that when we send mail to each other they keep spamming e.g me@mydomain.com to you@mydomain.com will loop about 40-100 times, sometimes too when we send mails to other domains the call us or reply telling us how many times that particular mail was received.
When my directors asked i attributed it to the fact that we had a slow internet connection due to that outlook cannot time out. other times too the recipient of the mail will receive it while the mail is still sitting in the outbox.
Note: At other branches with a satellite link of 64k dedicated we do do experience this problem there. with have 512K dedicate link at the Head office where we experience the problem.

I decided to build an internal email server with FreeBSD 8, but on the other side I don't know if it will work in my case cos our mails are being hosted elsewhere.
Logic
Godaddy---------->my.internal.mail-------->outlook clients
will the above be possible.

Being a member of EH-Net i think it would be a good idea if i post my problem  here for help cos i'm really worried.

Termight   

My BT4 final is very slow, i downloaded it on sunday morning opened it in vmware. the specs 10 gig hdd, 512 mem, dual core. but after installing it started slowing down. i thought i was the only person experiencing this problem until a friend called me complaining of the same problem. i went to the backtrack-linux forum and someone did mention the same thing. also this thread is saying the same thing. I did install the vmware tools but to no avail.
i don't know whether to install it on my main laptop or stick to the BT4 pre.

need advise 

Hi,
     if it's your aim to prevent write access for everyone group and auth user then you need to uncheck the write access and give them read, also you can block inheritance form the main folder. if this is not the answer you expect then clearify your quetion.

termight
............
MCSE+security

Hi Andrew,
   Does it means CCIE pays more than security? if yes then after my CCIE R&S i'll pursue the CCIE security track. Also thank you very much for the advise. Merry Christmas.


to all who read this Merry Christmas.

Hi Kev,
  thanks for the compliment on my name. actually i choose the name termight cos of the insect termite but wanted a different way to spell it.
Termites are the best networks and tunnel drillers in this world. also it's hard to get them during the day only at night or till the day they'll break down your house. lol  .
 and about the mentoring we can both share one master and be the best team mates. think abt it. i can also help you in Cisco and Microsoft stuff.

   Hey Andrew,
           would you be my mentor in security,pentesting and defence. cos i really want to study. like i said before i'm into firewalls both ISA and Cisco ASA. currently i have MCSE Security,CCNP,CCDP,CCIE WRITTEN and i've scheduled my lab for April next year. but my problem now is i really LOVE security but netwoking is pulling me off.
   The question i always ask is "after all this security crackers are still able to hack into networks" then why security, i'm even thinking there is nothing called security cos today you're secured tomorrow you are down. i've decided to do the OSCP and OSWP and forget about the CCIE. please advise me.

Thanks

  thanks Andrew, you're the best..

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the reply, just a clearification. i'm a fun of milw0rm.com i see alot of exploite there example. http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/66
how do i compile this

thanks again

Hi ALL,
   i'm new to this security business, want i actually do is to secure peremeter devices with firewall but i think it's better to know the treats out there so i can really prepare. my question now is what do i do if i get the source code for this exploite and i want a prove of concept?
most of the source i see is in python and i don't know what to do. i run a linux box and mixture of windows pc's what do i need to compile a python source code.

thanks to anyone who helps and a merry christmas.
Perry