Thank you so much, I'm getting into this to learn how it all works, so I can better defend myself and hopefully stress test systems one day amongst system defense as a career. I guess its just networking and the basic system fixes for now though.
Well, actually it is a form of hacking, even though it's beyond lameness, since in computers, hacking means unauthorized access and manipulation of computer resource.
I don't necessarily want to 'hack' but I am interested in learning more c, and assembly language. I can't find a good easy read resource or the programs to learn it though. I know c, but I never was in practice due to lack of linux and already forgot how to make make files from scratch.
As said above I don't really wanna hack across networks as much as I want to learn to make windows my B. I've learned little things along the way but it'a more I've followed instructions rather than know what I'm doing. Obviously learning C+ or other programming languages would be a start. Any good resources online?
I really resent the notion that hacking in synonimous with computer security.
You can definately be a security buff and a hacker, but being a hacker is just cultivating a mindset of curriosity and your own natural cleverness. While I can understand the dismissal of the usual suspects I really feel that telling someone off by advising them to study ASM and C is giving them the wrong idea about the hacking subculture.
Our teacher once said that if you want to be good, you have to start from programming microcontrollers. After that when you have mastered the arts of avr you can continue to computer side. When there he suggested Linux embedded c programming for me. Don't learn to hack, Hack to learn.