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Security Forums :: View topic - [Links] - Learning about Computers and Networks.
Hi, i was wondering if anyone could give me some advise.
I am very new to the aspect of computers and networks in general.
And im finding myself getting lost on these rooms really quickly.
I would like to get some idea of how i can learn quickly what its all about.
Any help would be good.
Some of the stuf if come across that i dont understand is, Proxy, ports, cookies so on.
Any help would be great
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Well depending on where your interests lay If I were you I'd start with a good tcp/ip book.
TCP/IP for Dummies (not trying to be sarcastic..
They work well for beginners)
or find yourself some online tutorials like this http://tutorials.beginners.co.uk/read/category/Beginners.co.uk/id/282
Usually your best bet will be google.com Just do a search for what you wanna know..
Best place to get up-to-date info IMO.
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Well as you're new to computers in general it seems, please don't be offended that I recommend the "..for Dummies" series of books.
Get past the title and you'll find some very good advice for all beginners and the books cover plenty of topics - from basic Windows use to the TCP/IP protocol.
Try picking up the Sybex A+ Study guides.
The A+ certification is the entry-level tech support certification and even if you don't go on to take the exam, the study guides will give you a strong foundation on how a computer works from the hardware to the software.
try reading all the stickied topics.
There's LOTS of useful information and external links.
If there's terminology/jargon used that you don't understand, you'd be surprised how quickly a google search will show you a page giving an explanation of the topic at hand.
good luck
edit: beaten by seconds on the "for dummies" thing
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Ok here's my advice, same goes for anyone starting out.
I'm sure this has been discussed before tho.
Go to http://www.whatis.com and look up all the definitions of things you are stuck with.
Good ones are:
HTTP
DNS
Server
Workstation
TCP
UDP
RJ45 and so on, one leads onto another you can go on forever.
Go to http://www.howstuffworks.com and find out how stuff works, read as many books and online tutorials as you can.
Build a home network (all you need is a hub/switch and 2-3 machines), pick up some second hand gear from ebay or local businesses who are upgrading, experiment.
You don't need anything hugely modern Pentium 1's and upwards, you dont need up to date programs, win98 is fine and linux can run on a 486.
Read the news, read slashdot, read the forum religiously and check out this list: http://www.darknet.org.uk/content/linkstext.html
That's my 2 cents for the moment
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As a start, you could browse the various "Stickies" located in every forum.
They all over pretty good information that should get you on your way.
Remember that Google is your best friend.
Just search for whatever topic your looking for and I'm sure that tons of resources will pop-up.
Here are a few links that might help you out, depending on what your interested in:
This is the BURKS Document Index.
A great resource that you should check out:
http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/docs.htm
If you're interested in the security side of things, I recommend that you check out this link:
http://www.secinf.net/
And, of course, there is Google:
http://www.google.com
And here's my personal page of links.
Just browse them yourself and you should dig up tons of stuff:
Computer Security
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/
http://www.attrition.org/
http://www.bsrf.org.uk/
http://www.bunnybox.org.uk/
http://www.cert.org/
http://www.commandcode.com/index_flash.html
http://www.crimelabs.net/
http://www.darknet.org.uk/
http://www.disinfo.com/site/
http://www.dshield.org/
http://www.ebcvg.com/
http://www.first.org/
http://www.hackers.com/
http://www.wallwatcher.com/
http://www.infowar.com/
http://www.infosyssec.com/
http://www.interhack.net/
http://www.iss.net/
http://isc.incidents.org/
http://www.j-security.co.uk/
http://us.mcafee.com/default.asp
http://www.windowsecurity.com/
http://www.mynetwatchman.com/
http://www.nessus.org/
http://www.insecure.org/
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/
http://www.openpgp.org/
http://pulhas.org/
http://www.stallman.org/
http://www.robertgraham.com/
http://www.sans.org/
http://www.security-forums.com/index.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/
http://www.sinred.com/
http://www.snort.org/
http://www.symantec.ca/
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/safetech/
http://www.theargon.com/
http://neworder.box.sk/
http://www.caida.org/
http://www.pgpi.org/
http://www.packetfactory.net/
http://www.secureroot.com/
http://www.wiretrip.net/
http://www.wardriving.com/
http://www.cybergeography.org/
http://www.whitehats.com/
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/
http://www.phrack.org/
http://www.xatrix.org/
http://www.zooknic.com/
http://www.securiteam.com/
http://www.openwall.com/
http://razor.bindview.com/index.shtml
http://216.55.176.193/ .
/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52597
http://www.nmrc.org/
http://teso.scene.at/
http://www.jinxhackwear.com/forum/default.asp
http://www.hackerthreads.org/phpbb/
http://neworder.box.sk/
http://www.thenewbiesarea.com/index.php
http://www.blackcode.com/
http://www.learntohack.org/index.php
http://samspade.org/
http://www.uncompiled.com/
http://www.hckteam.com/website/
http://www.password-crackers.com/
http://www.itsecurity.com/
http://www.evileyesoftware.com/ees/index.shtml
http://www.lommage.co.uk/
http://www.areyoufearless.com/
http://www.sinred.com/
http://hetland.org/
http://www.governmentsecurity.org/
http://netsecurity.about.com/index.htm?terms=network+security
http://www.how-to-hack.org/
http://www.euyulio.org/
http://www.securitytracker.com/
http://www.hacktech.org/main.php
http://root-hack.org/v3/
http://www.proxyblind.org/index2.shtml
http://www.atomintersoft.com/products/alive-proxy/proxy-list/
http://www.ipcop.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/IPCop/WebHome
http://blackice.iss.net/
http://www.foundstone.com/
http://www.network-tools.com/
http://www.hackerscenter.com/
http://www.hackingzone.org/
http://www.megasecurity.org/Main.html
http://www.hacktech.org/main.php
http://www.ossr.net/
http://c-productions.com/main.html
http://www.happyhacker.org/indexb.shtml
http://www.cyberarmy.net
http://www.securitysoftware.cc/index.html
http://www.happyhacker.org
http://www.hackthissite.org/
General Computer-OS, Hardware, etc
http://www.freeos.com/
http://fedora.redhat.com/
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/
http://www.elitelinux.com/
http://www.linux.com/
http://www.linuxiso.org/
http://www.openbsd.org/
http://www.openssh.com/
http://www.protocols.com/
http://www.redhat.com/
http://slashdot.org/
http://www.freebsd.org/
http://www.linux.org/
http://www.kernel.org/
http://www.netbsd.org/
http://www.slackware.com/
http://www.unix.com/
http://www.anti-dmca.org/
http://www.w3.org/
http://www.oreilly.com/
http://www.xemacs.org/
http://www.l33tg33k.net/
http://www.apocalypseonline.com/netscape/index.asp
http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/docs.htm
http://www.freebelt.com/freeshells.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/
http://www.gnu.org/
http://beginnerslinux.org/
http://www.unixguide.net/
http://linux-newbie.sunsite.dk/index.htm
http://www.linuxorbit.com/
http://www.linuxaddicted.org/
http://linuxcommand.org/
http://linuxtoday.com/
http://www.newtolinux.org.uk/
http://dsl.org/cookbook/
http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz
http://www.webmin.com/
http://www.netfilter.org/unreliable-guides/networking-concepts-HOWTO/index.html
http://linux.sgms-centre.com/
http://lartc.org/howto/index.html
http://promote-opensource.org/modules/news/
http://www.linuxcentral.com/_v3/
http://www.aboutdebian.com/
http://www.distrowatch.com/
http://tuxmobil.org/
http://www.go2unix.com/
http://www.yolinux.com/
http://www.all4linux.com/
http://www.desktoplinux.com/
http://lwn.net/
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.suse.com/us/
http://www.debian.org/
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
http://www.freesco.org/
http://www.clarkconnect.org/
http://www.smoothwall.org/
http://www.ipcop.org
http://www.silicon.com/
Programming
http://sourceforge.net/
http://coderforums.com/
http://www.activestate.com/
http://www.bytekill.net/
http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/forums.html
http://www.moorer-software.com
PYTHON
http://www.python.org/
http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php
http://starship.python.net/
http://diveintopython.org/
http://www.pythonware.com/index.htm
I havent been able to find many *good* Python resources on the internet.
Ill some more links here but besides that, you really go read some books.
I would personally recommend Oreillys Learning Python, 2nd Edition, Programming in Python, and any other Python book found in the bookstore as they all seem to be pretty good.
PERL
http://www.steve.gb.com/perl/tutorial.html
http://www.perlarchives.com/
http://perl-begin.berlios.de/
http://www.perlmonks.com/
http://www.perl.com/
http://www.perldoc.com/
HTML
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/
http://www.seekeasy.net/html/
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html
http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/
I think this is more than enough as all the sites carry the same basic things and not much more can be taken from the net
if you really want to continue learning HTML then I recommend pulling out a good book.
You should really put HTML to the side though as it wont teach you much in the end.
Its a great language to start with due to its simplicity and the way it generates results fairly quickly.
C\C++
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/CE.html
http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-tutor.html
http://www.strath.ac.uk/IT/Docs/Ccourse/
http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/programs/objc.html
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~hollick/genetic/paper2.html
There are tons of C\C++ resources out there
these are just a few to get you started.
If you are willing to invest your own time by learning C\C++, then I recommend you pick up a good book as itll pay off better in the future than any FREE web resource can.
OTHER
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
Certifications
http://www.comptia.org/default.asp
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/175/01/toc.html
http://www.discoverit.org/members/html/home.html
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Of course theres always www.oreilly.com for all your book needs!
If you can't find a book on your desired subject there, the devil just went to work on a snowboard!!
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Wow there is a lot of great info in this thread and the links are very helpful.
I hope the mods sticky this thread since it is very helpful to a newbie.
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Quote: : Wow there is a lot of great info in this thread and the links are very helpful.
I hope the mods sticky this thread since it is very helpful to a newbie.
Hummm...
Good idea.
PCWriter
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This newbie corner is great !!
thankx alot for all contributions.
I will be bookmarking all of these ...
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I didn't see it mentioned, so I'll mention this site.
You can go to Wikipedia.org for all your free-encyclopedia needs.
It's free, it has a very comprehensive database, it also containts defentions for computer/technology terms.
It's awesome, you should check it out.
Hope that helps...
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A growing collection of tech links here http://www.knightsolutions.com.au/tech/
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If your are running Windows XP, check out this link:
http://www.geekgirls.com/windowsxp_home_network.htm
to set up a workgroup which you need usually( maybe always im not sure) for a network go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/10_concept_workgroups.mspx
to set up printer sharing you can go here:
http://microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/10_concept_printer_share.mspx
those are the websites I recently used to solve my issue
http://www.security-forums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31237
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Wow, that is a very nice compilation.
I usually have a few key sites that I use as starting points (google aside).
Contains many tutorials, mailing lists, job opportunities and news articles.
Home of the famous Buqtraq mailing list.
http://www.securityfocus.com/
This is the SANS reading room, a plethora of useful information on just about any security topic you can think of.
Look at "Getting Started/InfoSec" and "Security Basics"
http://www.sans.org/rr/
Behold the WIKIPEDIA.
This has a completley hyperlinked reference of everything.
This encyclopedia contains over 851,000 articles.
Type in things like "infosec" "trojan" "malware" "HTTP cookie" "encryption" "firewall (networking)" you get the idea...."kendo" "lucid dreams" "hackeysack" "family guy"....
http://wikipedia.org/
Hope this helps
"Angelina Jolie" "All your base are belong to us" "Ancient Rome" "Theory of relativity" "Green" "Happiness" "Led Zeppelin"
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This is a great post for information, I didnt see it here but Microsofts technet it a great place to get information also
Email: itechsolutions@gmail.com AIM: SolutionsTch / Aspiring Network Admin with A+, Net +, MCP (70-270, 70-290, 70-297, 70-298)
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Great post, bookmarked, lots o links to explore, thanks!
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