Hacker Highschool Security Awareness – This lesson is about how to learn – a critical skill for a hacker. Hacking, in reality, is a creative process that is based more on lifestyle than lesson. We can’t teach you everything that you need to know, but we can help you recognize what you need to learn. This is also true due to the constant advances in the computer sciences. What we teach today may not be
relevent tomorrow. It is much better for you to embrace hacker learning habits, which are
probably the most vital part of hacking and will separate you from the script kiddie (a person
who runs hacking tools without knowing how or why they work).
Words and concepts you don’t understand in this workbook may require research on the web
or in a library. If you don’t understand a word or a topic, it is essential you look it up. Ignoring
it will only make it difficult for you to understand concepts in other workbooks. The other
workbooks may ask you to investigate a topic on the web and then expect you to use the
information that you find on the web to complete the exercises in that workbook – but those
workbooks won’t explain to you how to do this research. This workbook is the only one with a
thorough explanation of how to research built into it, so be sure to spend as much time as you
need to learn how to research using the various resources available to you.
baca juga : Full Circle Magazine March 2010
Don’t just limit yourself to computers, hacking, and the internet. Great hackers are well-
rounded and creative. Many of them are painters, writers, and designers. Hacking skills can
also be applied to other fields, such as Political Science (see The Prince by Machiavelli for an
example).
Besides being interested in other fields, you should be interested in how other businesses
operate. Reading books on everything from psychology to science fiction will make you a
much more versatile and functional hacker. Remember, hacking is about figuring out how
things work regardless of how they were designed to work. This is how you expose insecurities,
vulnerabilities, and leaks.