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Subject: Pros? Haha. Not me.

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Plebius

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Date Posted: 14:11:23 06/30/01 Sat
In reply to: BK 's message, "Where do i start?" on 09:08:34 06/30/01 Sat

I am by no means a pro. My chosen area of focus is anonymity and surviving forensic data analysis. But what little I know about "defacing" websites leads me to recommend that you begin by running a dictionary or brute force attack against password-protected pages. Yes, you'll use programs for that (Goldeneye, Brutus [Brutus also lets you attack FTP and Telnet accounts], WWWHack, etc.) but you'll gain a little more understanding about the concepts of cracking. Because cracking is one of two ways to "hack" a website.

The other way is to find an exploit. For this you'll need a vulnerability scanner. I also recommend reading articles in securityfocus. Ultimately, in order to understand how a server is run, you'll need to understand its operating system. In this endeavor, I recommend getting Linux if you can. PanZer might be able to add some information.

Plebius

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Pros? Haha. Not me.	BK	17:51:08 06/30/01 Sat
Re: Pros? Haha. Not me. -- PanZer, 20:03:19 06/30/01 Sat Re: Pros? Haha. Not me. -- Penfold, 00:35:20 09/03/01 Mon