Product: The Hack-Counter Hack Training Course

With quite a bit of experience in networking and security, I bought this on something of a lark. just to see how it was done and what was presented. I would call it a security survey class. It assumes a certain base of knowledge with both Windows and Linux which is fine. The information when presented is clear enough but not quite enough detail for someone with good working knowledge already. But, even with my level of knowledge, I found a few new things to learn. The nice thing about this type of presentation is it’s a great way to get you off your butt and actually try of the utilities. In my case, I also fired up my sniffer and got some nice trace files of various attacks, scans and other nasties. It’s a controlled way to do this, the files are clean and you don’t worry about something hidden being inside the file which can be the case just downloading this stuff from the web.
I really disliked having to install RealAudio back on my system just to play the files, I would have liked to see a choice between Windows Media, RealAudio and QuickTime (my personal choice). The supplemental material is very weak. It is just a hardcopy of the slides used in the videos. I had expected more detailed notes on the hardcopy.
But for the price, it’s a deal for the newbie security minded administrator or for someone wanting to learn about some tools used for both good and nefarious reasons. Beats shelling out 1-2K for a 1 day seminar for the same info.
Rating: 3
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