Guide to be a Security Hacker
Hey All,
When someone becomes comsumed with the idea to become a hacker/cracker, they visit the internet (sites like hackers.com, networkpunks.com, etc) and find dated tutorials (most recent are dated 1996) about what it takes to become a hacker. Tutorials like "Ultimate Beginner's Guide To Hacking" by Revelation, or "Beginner's Guide" by Phooey talk about having to drown yourself in tutorials and books about programming, networking, os's, viruses and more so.
And most people who want to be a hacker (not a cracker - whatever title you prefer, be it security guru, safety admin....) must know how the opposition works (ie: hacker's know the weaknesses in your system, shouldn't you?)
So, my question for everyone here at AO is what does it take now to be a (security) hacker?
Must we tell everyone that they need to know every programming language under the sun?
Or that they must know every type of OS?
So this is what my question for this tread is.
Why not write an AO beginner's guide to security hacking?
What do you people think?
(ie: talk about honeypots, firewalls, palms, antivirus, programming, networking, etc...)
Edit: I moved this tread from Addicts so that everyone can contribute, those who know and those who want to know about certain subjects.
Kinda like compiling the useful information from this site into a guide for those new to the scene.