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Getting Started in Network Security?

Posted by Cliff on from the internet-self-defense-tips dept.

pixelgeek asks: "Security has not only become an important topic but also a critical issue for admins and even the average user in their home. To someone new to the topic the wealth of material can be a bit daunting and, you can imagine, a little confusing. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to start getting a handle on the concept of network/computer security and what are the most important and useful applications (CLI primarily) that a person should examine and learn?" We've touched on these issues before, but it was a while ago. Taking a network security class, could help, but which classes are really worth the money and might there be enough information on the web to make such a choice, unnecessary?

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you bunch of retards. only joking. really..

  2. Two ways... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    One way, go to school, etc... the other way, hack into things, get caught (or don't but get known), and sell out to security firms.

  3. experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    uhm. go own boxen, hang out on irc, kick the shit out of the #hackphreak trivia bot, program network subversive tools, etc. thats the way to learn

  4. Oh, what the fuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What the hell is there to learn? Just keep your system up to date.

    The only reason you'd have to go to school is if you want a job, and the market will eat you alive anyways.

    I'm sure there are more important things in your life than learning how to be a ubarl337 windows d00d.

  5. Ask Slashdot : Sucking Cock in the Office? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm fairly new to the world of linux programming, but I'm very excited about the cock-sucking opportunities it will bring me. What I want to know is : what's the protocol for sucking cock in the office? Is it acceptable to crawl under the table and just start munching manchode whenever the urge hits me, or should I wait until lunch hour?

  6. Simple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... don't connect your networked computers to each other or anything else.

  7. Rule number one! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    block 198.247.175.96

  8. Re:Know the protocols by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Almost all vulnerabilities are caused by a system mishandling a certain type of message.

    Sorry Slashdot armchair security expert. You don't have to know the protocol nearly as much as you need to know about programming. Most exploits are due to poor programming of a client or daemon that implements the protocol, not a fundamental flaw in the protocol itself.

  9. Re:Fucking cocksuckers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your ASCII art still sucks, bitch. Try again.