Re: pen testing beginner

2016-11-04 Thread emetib
first, thank you all for your honest input on this. shawn wilson wrote: "I'll caveat my response by saying I'm not in this field - I'm a lowly sysadmin :) " i was asked one time what i wanted to do with my linux knowledge and replied that i wanted to be a sys admin and not a programmer. told t

Re: pen testing beginner

2016-10-30 Thread shawn wilson
Also, there's tons of free help online (mailing lists - duh, irc, reddit, Twitter, and Facebook has helped me once you get to know the right people). There are also loads of security conferences and meetups (BSides, ISSA, 2600, etc). On Oct 30, 2016 13:54, "shawn wilson" wrote: > > I'll caveat my

Re: pen testing beginner

2016-10-30 Thread shawn wilson
I'll caveat my response by saying I'm not in this field - I'm a lowly sysadmin :) On Oct 30, 2016 00:01, "David Christensen" wrote: > > On 10/29/2016 11:50 AM, emetib wrote: > > have been a linux only person since before 2000 (late 2.2 early 2.4 > > kernels), yet haven't done much with it in the

Re: pen testing beginner

2016-10-30 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 10/29/16, David Christensen wrote: > On 10/29/2016 11:50 AM, emetib wrote: >> have been a linux only person since before 2000 (late 2.2 early 2.4 >> kernels), yet haven't done much with it in the last ten years. ... > >> i'm looking at getting back into it and into pen >> testing. > > I assume

Re: pen testing beginner

2016-10-29 Thread David Christensen
On 10/29/2016 11:50 AM, emetib wrote: > have been a linux only person since before 2000 (late 2.2 early 2.4 > kernels), yet haven't done much with it in the last ten years. ... > i'm looking at getting back into it and into pen > testing. I assume you mean penetration testing. Given that compute