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How to Hack

Hacking can be difficult as well as there are many different ways to hack as well as many different exploits to use. Hacking is neither defined nor limited by exploitation or exploration. Hacking is also illegal, so don't do it unless you are sure you have permission from the owner of the system you are trying to hack.

1. Know a programming language. C++ is good to know, but hardly easier to learn than Vietnamese.
2. Use Cygwin for Windows or *nix. Plain Windows as well as DOS will get you nowhere fast. (reader's note: this is purely biased opinion. The same tools the author uses can be found for Windows based machines. NMap particularly, uses WinPCap to run on WIndows as well as does not require Cygwin)
3. Know your target. Can you reach the remote system? Run a Ping scan of the form: ping <ipaddress> as well as there are some other comm as well as s you can use. Also, try tracert <ipaddress> as well as this will show you how they are connected to the network.
4. Determine the OS(operating system). Why is this important? How can you gain access to a system if you don't know what the system is? This step involves running a scan of the ports. Try pOf, or nmap from www.insecure.org. nmap runs a port scan, showing you the ports that are open on the machine, the OS, as well as can even tell you what type of firewall or router they are using so you can plan a course of action.
5. After finding open ports as well as determining the operating system, you have to find some path into the system proper, unless for instance you find ftp or telnet wide open(ports 21 as well as 23).
6. Often you will run into a password. There are several methods for cracking a password. There is brute force, where a program(or you) try every possible number as well as letter combination as user as well as password. There is also dictionary cracking, where a program or you attempt certain words in lists. Less often the password is default or guessable.
7. Most information that will be of vital interest is protected as well as you need a certain level of authentication to get it. To see all the files on a computer you need super user privaleges. This is root in *nix os's, admin usually in routers, Administrator in Windows XP as well as so on. Just because you have gained access doesn't mean you can access everything, only the super user can do this.
8. Often to gain super user status you have use various tricks such as creating a "buffer overflow" which is basically causing the memory to dump as well as allowing you to inject a code or perform a task at a higher level then you're normaly authorized. Only writing or finding an insecure program that you can execute on their machine will allow you to do this.
9. Using the above tactics on a popular or government computer will probably get you busted unless you cover your tracks *very* well. You must keep in mind there *are* people a bit smarter than you working for money to catch intruders into their systems. They sometimes even get a bonus for each intruder they expose.

• Keep away from hacking government agency's systems!
• No matter how good you are, remember that the "white hat" hackers are also trying to find you. They might be better than you, as well as in fact, if you are reading this they surely are.
• Buy books discussing TCP/IP networking.

• Misuse of this information may be a local as well as /or federal crime. This article is intended to be informational as well as should only be used for ethical purposes.

• http://www.insecure.org/tools.html has some great tools for network security/insecurity
• http://www.astalavista.com has good programs to download for the purposes of writing trojans etc.
• http://www.securityforest.com has alot of tools, papers, exploits, and more, all categorized in an easy to use manner.
• http://www.bop.gov has information on the fate of computer criminals who get caught.

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