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Anatomy of a Hack

Tiberius_Fel writes "Informit.com is running an extensive article about the anatomy of a hack against a sample network. It's an excerpt from a book titled Protect Your Windows Network: From Perimeter to Data. Even though it makes references to Windows, the techniques can be applied to other operating systems fairly easily." From the article: "Although attacking networks can be fun and informative--not to mention illegal if you do not have all the proper permissions--the fact remains that the vast majority of us do not need to know how to do so. Frankly, becoming a good penetration tester (pen tester) takes more than a week-long class. It takes commitment, dedication, intuition, and technical savvy, not to mention a blatant disregard for the rules and the right way to do things."

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  1. How to protect your Windows Network by casings · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shut it off.

  2. hey beavis! by sycotic · · Score: 5, Funny

    heh heh heh, he said "penetration testing", heh heh heh

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  3. Re:Performance Anxiety by tm2b · · Score: 3, Funny
    Man! Things were so much easier back in my day. Just do what my friends did.
    5 to 10 years?
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  4. Oh noes!! by satanami69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's got wake on lan.

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