Totally understandable; I was just teasing

I'm way behind on a lot of reviews I want to write. The next 4-6 weeks are insane for me, so it'll be a bit longer still. I'll definitely post a link here when I have a chance to get to it though.

Suffice to say, it was both the most challenging and rewarding cert I've done.


MaXe, how many shells do you have from all of us opening those Intern0t PDFs?

No, but I did:
https://forum.intern0t.org/blogs/maxe/95-cracking-perimeter-part-1.html

https://forum.intern0t.org/blogs/maxe/101-cracking-perimeter-part-2.html
https://forum.intern0t.org/blogs/maxe/108-cracking-perimeter-part-3.html
https://forum.intern0t.org/blogs/maxe/111-cracking-perimeter-part-4.html


A couple of thousand, people that appreciated reading them :-) I don't put bad stuff in my papers, code, pocs, etc.
(Some of them may have very basic anti script kiddie measures, but it's as simple as finding the field where I wrote: you have to uncomment this line or the script won't work.)

MaXe and ajohnson, you are both gold mines!!!

Now I have a ton of things to read and practice. 

BTW, do you guys know where I can get a WinXP VM that I can use in my lab? I am running a AMD64 Linux machine at home...

Thx

Great thanks UNIX! You too (and many more here) are a gold mine!!  

I have also found this http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-convert-and-import-vhd-to-vmdk-vmware/ to convert these VHD to VMWare VMDK format.

Update: The last step: http://hacktolive.org/wiki/Using_VMware_images_%28.vmdk_files%29

Indeed I did DragonGorge, and it was also my first course and certification I had ever taken, plus I don't have any lengthy education, or for that sake, a long history of relevant business experience. (Of course, as I am a community guy, I've been in the hacking world for a long time.)

Yea, during the course and the certification it became increasingly harder, hence the reason the writing style changed to display my frustration  
I'd say it's exploded brain cells, it was nice to be in several scenarios where you have to think outside the box and come up with clever solutions  

Well, in the beginning she said she understood I had to study most evenings where I could be at her place 10pm or so. After a couple of weeks the whining began, but during the actual exam I had specifically told no whining as I will lose concentration completely, she respected that and I am glad she did.

Afterwards though, she began to whine again but that day when I got the email, nothing could as previously said, ruin my mood. Passing a certification is just a great feeling when it's been a long and hard journey.

The reason she became my ex, was not related to OSCE, even though it could've been a cool story   "The only certification that will make your wife or girlfriend leave you" xD (I broke up with her, as I realised I now had OSCE and didn't need a girlfriend, jk, it was for other personal reasons   In short, she was bad for me (I know that most women complain about a lot of things (because it's socially accepted in most cultures), but this one was over level 9000), but it's the kind of bad that feels a little good hehe )

Thanks for the feedback / response, I enjoyed writing it :-)

Great advice, there.  Sums it all up, nicely.  Even IF you fail the first time (MOST but not all of us did), it opens your eyes, and you'll definitely nail it on a second go, because you'll be confident.  But if you follow cd1zz, ajohnson and MaXe's advice, you'll do well.

The sections about web application and network security are rather short, as the focus of the CTP course lies within application security. Being a web developer you already have a good background, so I'd just recommend to play around with some of the many available vulnerable VMs, if you want some further practice. If you haven't already read it, I'd also recommend The Web Application Hacker's Handbook in order to get a good overview on the subject.

In terms of the network security section, you could look into something like GNS3.