Hacking Truths Certified Hacker

[dieterle81]

hi,

has anybody done the Hacking Truths Certification examinations or has expirence with that??
i found these site (http://hackingtruths.box.sk/theprocess.htm) today and i was
wondering about is it useful or crap.the price is 10$ (American Dollars)

cheers,

[spike_cat]

sounds like snake oil 2 me.

:(

[Vorlin]

*nix: No Shell Programming, only extremely basic newbie shell commands and very basic info on the shell.

Hmmm...how can you be a 'certified hacker' if you only know 'extremely basic newbie shell commands'? This all points towards the "Windows h@x0r" as you can read what else is required on http://hackingtruths.box.sk/htch.htm (complete detail).

[Focmaester]

It´s snake oil alright, no offence to Ankit Faida but I don´t think he can set standards like that and ask for money.
Perhaps a certified company that provides professional computer training?

[dieterle81]

that is what i thought but i would like to hear what happens in these examinations

[Focmaester]

Well I dunno, guess I never got the urge to pay 10 bucks for some 14 year old kid´s security test.

[8*B@LL]

heh, its definatly trying to cater to the wanna-be h4x0rz...you dont even have to know anything about NT or 2k or anything....i mean, if you want to be a "hacker", shouldnt you atleast learn about the most comon server operating systems?

[souleman]

Send me $10. I will mail you a sheet of paper saying you are certified in anything you want to be. $20, and I will even emboss it with a gold seal. For the low price of $30, I will even laminate it for you.

What good would a hacker certificate do anyway? Give you something to hang on you wall and show all your l33t script kiddie friends? Just make one yourself, they will never know the difference anyway. I don't know many companies that are going to be verifying a hacker certification either.

[gold eagle]

Let's see if I can help. Typically the advanced security and cracker courses I go to are about $500-$1000 per day. If this place is passing itself off for a certifying entity I would suggest you -

Look before you leap (get bio on place and instructors)
Ask around for refs
Don't pay a lot for a little.

Hope this helps.

[SarinMage]

defietally sounds like someone just tryin to get the little rich kids to send em money. jsut learn on your own, or goto school somewhere, and learn from the people there.

[khrist]

lol this is too funny... i havent seen any job openings for a certified Hacker. For sure this is a scam for all the little l337 h4x0r wannabes..

[Higher Talshiar]

its probably a scam as khrist just said

[dohedo]

If this was a website, don't do it. Those internet college degrees are trash, too. Go to a real school for hacking. I have been through many because the gov and now my company boses like for me to be up-to-date. Those classes occationally have exams, but the classes usually last a couple of weeks (one at the least) and are certainly more than $10. The exams really are not too difficult if you pay attention and have some wits about you. Some are written, some multi, others are to try to get addmition into a website, network, etc. and with the latter, the qiucker you do it and the more stealthy, the better. Then I had two were I had to defend against attacks and track the hackers and they will have you in a place and won't tell you when/if they are attacking. The latter two tests are the funnest for me!

The gov uses certified hackers. I was one of them. We are used to hack into other nations' gov comps and try to take info that is important. The FBI and CIA and MIA use certified andlegal hackers. Any hacker wants to do it legal, go there. Also, some companies pay people to try to breech their sys just to tell the company the sys weaknesses.

[Terr]

Why resurrect something from February?

[[WebCarnage]]

Why resurrect something from February?


Because threads today simply suck!!!

[Later_Gator]

lol , sounds intresting... i cant wait to read more on this.. but yeah i dont think the quality .. or how good a hacker is should be into a test that someone with no knowledge at all wrote..

i guess it is a fun thing to get fpr little kids .. but any real hacker that has any respect for him self at all would relize everyone is stronger in their own ways .. depending on their intrests really...

[Binary Knight]

This site and course is hosted by Ankit Fadia. I read his book "The Unoffical Guide to Eithcal Hacking". There I found a discussion on the Registry, which was copied directly from www.regedit.com, also I found he likes to use others scripts. Please avoid this course, get Windows 2000 Server and Debian Linux on your system, learn C and PERL, and you are set. Remember, hacking is a passion not a course you can be taught by someone else. :0)

This site and course is hosted by Ankit Fadia. I read his book "The Unoffical Guide to Eithcal Hacking". There I found a discussion on the Registry, which was copied directly from www.regedit.com, also I found he likes to use others scripts. Please avoid this course, get Windows 2000 Server and Debian Linux on your system, learn C and PERL, and you are set. Remember, hacking is a passion not a course you can be taught by someone else. :0)

[Jehryn]

I have also read "The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking" by Ankit Fadia

And assuming he had the knowledge he spoke about, he actually gives very little detail on what I consider hacking. While there is some usefull information for reference, The only topic he gives details, and indepth knowledge for is Virii.. based off that

I would say this "Course" Is not worth attending... and for 10$ i would be willing to bet it is a ripoff of sorts, Every course i have checked into varies from 1000-2500+

(However I am Not yet a "Experienced" hacker, and am still crawling over the basics (learning perl/c++, html protocalls in depth, and several other things.. And therefore my opinion is based off what little I know. -Just an FYI.)

[[WebCarnage]]

Why resurrect something from February?

[spetard]

ec-counsel offers a certified ethical hacker where you learn *nix & M$ has anyone herd of this?
i'm asking because we are going to run the boot camps at the school at which i teach.

[AzynchriX]

big LOL

[zigzag_8336]

well for $10 if it is a rip-off you havn't lost much.

[nihil]

Where I am it is November 2003



Has anyone looked at the date of this thread?



Cheers

[NorthernLytes]

Hey ill send u a shiny paper certificate too! all you have to do is send me all your money!....seriously things may sound good but 9/10 times thier crap