general

[blazing granite]

I understand the implications, I lived in the US 🙂 but I wouldn't count it as a low blow, like I said it doesn't reach the top 100. I guess people get offended really easy nowadays 😂

[candid niche]

oh no, not the dreaded topping war 😂

[blazing granite]

no, it's base on a really story. I love it, because I lived that time 🙂

[fossil merlin]

As always, it depends on the context to me. 😌

I wouldn't consider myself easy to offend but I don't think it's a bad thing to be considerate of people who are more sensitive.

In a time of callousness I think it takes a lot of courage to maintain sensitivity.

Something I am jealous of.

[fossil merlin]

You were around in cybersec for dial up?

[polar pivot]

Ello

[fossil merlin]

Also, yeah I don't think it's in top 25 of things to make fun of

Or bad things to make fun of

Rather

[blazing granite]

not in cybersec, but I was in front of a computer I used BBS 🙂 I knew what a modem was way before the internet 😂

[fossil merlin]

Bulletin board system?

[blazing granite]

yep

[fossil merlin]

Those were like the precursor to webpages right?

Arpanet type beat 😭

[blazing granite]

it was a kind of forum, kind of mail system, etc

[fossil merlin]

What was hacking in that era like?

[blazing granite]

it was more exploratory fun, phreaking, was nice I can't say anymore without getting into troubles 😂

I got out of that before I got into troubles 😂

https://tenor.com/view/deer-ice-gone-jumping-gif-13261777

Since this is dead, I'm going to sleep, bye!!!

[cloud quiver]

Good night 🙂 😴

[rapid merlin]

NO CARRIER

💤

[blazing granite]

now that I said I'm going to sleep suddenly everybody is answering 😛

[rapid merlin]

awww, just timing for me

I should get back to work really 😄

[blazing granite]

Bye for real!!! I need to sleep it's almost midnight here and tomorrow I have to get up early

[rapid merlin]

have a good sleep 👋

[inner goblet]

I’m learning Ls command

[boreal scarab]

Now I have a program that I can specify an IP, and a port, if it's open, it makes a sound, if it's closed, it'll endlessly try over and over

Now to break it even more and add so many unnecessary features.

[rapid merlin]

asks for a feature that constantly monitors all ports and makes a different tone for each one open. Port Piano™ 🎶

that reminds me, I think an A and F note as a sine wave make a dial tone 😄

oh, slight differences based on region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_tone

[blissful snow]

I'm back and done with the video

dang the server is dead

[grizzled wing]

oohh 🪼

[blissful snow]

😋

[polar pivot]

the jellyfish return

[grizzled wing]

hello 🪼

[polar pivot]

hello fellow 🪼

[blissful snow]

netcat

[grizzled wing]

i have emojis to use

[blissful snow]

wait

hashcat

[grizzled wing]

[blissful snow]

hmm

[blissful snow]

rustscan?

[grizzled wing]

[grizzled wing]

i dont have rustscan emoji, as there is none

[polar pivot]

rude

[blissful snow]

haven't actually use that

[grizzled wing]

great for quick passwords for a themes website

[blissful snow]

cool

[grizzled wing]

rude of me to not have a emoji for a tool i did not know existed?

[blissful snow]

yes very rude

[polar pivot]

no rude that it doesn't exist

[grizzled wing]

there would be no emoji

[blissful snow]

notes from the video

[grizzled wing]

what video is that?

[blissful snow]

this is the over view

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHkUIW46ks

[grizzled wing]

what is the tl;dr ?

[blissful snow]

huh?

[polar pivot]

too long didn't read

[grizzled wing]

that is very common to see tl;dr

[blissful snow]

where did you see it

wait where did this topic come from

[polar pivot]

No she's asking you what's the tl:dr version of what you sent

[blissful snow]

ohh so a summary

?

[grizzled wing]

i was asking what is the short version of the video

[polar pivot]

exactly

[grizzled wing]

yes, summary

[blissful snow]

basically how to actually learn and process information

[grizzled wing]

that is the topic, asking for method

[blissful snow]

i think i need sleep i don't understand this

ohh

nvm

[grizzled wing]

if i say, enumerate ports for website, that means nmap scan with syntax

[blissful snow]

its really hard to summary but

[polar pivot]

It's a summed up version of any longer version of information.

[blissful snow]

it uses a method called pacer

[grizzled wing]

if you can teach me the bullet points then you paid attention haha

[blissful snow]

challenge accepted

[grizzled wing]

[blissful snow]

wait didn't mean to send that

[grizzled wing]

Shift + Enter = newline

[blissful snow]

i always screw it up

Information types
-procedural
--instruction information should be practice as early as possible
-analogous
--information that is indirectly related to a different topic
-conceptual
--information like facts, explanations, theories, principles,relationships, and application)
-evidence
--information like where,when,why, and how
-reference
--reference is nitty gritty information for example the exact name of a molecule

[fringe nacelle]

Let's test yahs knowledge. What keys do you press on Linux to paste into the terminal

[blissful snow]

ctrl+shift+v

or right click > paste

[grizzled wing]

Ctrl + V

for

[blissful snow]

https://tenor.com/view/unfunny-black-guy-not-impressed-not-funny-ok-and-gif-21269558

[jolly aspen]

Is that for V-neck shirts?

[grizzled wing]

ooh V-neck shirts

[jolly aspen]

My fav

[blissful snow]

i didn't even notice i made that mistake lol

[grizzled wing]

no more 🍟 ?

fries all gone

now just curling 🥌

[jolly aspen]

Couldn’t resist the pun

[grizzled wing]

yay curling fries

curl r0n1n.fries

i appreciate the puns

[eternal timber]

curl weight

[grizzled wing]

30

[blissful snow]

what is curl weight

im guessing packet size

[grizzled wing]

whatever you want it to be, if i specified it would be a thread on how strong people are

ssh tyrell@ecorp

[opaque flax]

You think Tyrell had a weak password?

[grizzled wing]

i think his password was || k1nkyB00t$mon3y ||

[opaque flax]

What’re you Elliot?

[grizzled wing]

his sister

haha

[opaque flax]

Darlene?!?

I need heart sunglasses like Darlene’s

[grizzled wing]

😎

[ionic wolf]

can anyone recommend a decent web application pen testing checklist?

[opaque flax]

I always like hacktricks

They always have good notes

They have lots on web too

[grizzled wing]

i heard that too from him

also how the question of endpoints is misleading

[ionic wolf]

looks like i was on the right track, thank you for the validation 🙂

[grizzled wing]

✅ validation

[ionic wolf]

coming in blind 🙂

[sturdy pike]

Good morning everyone

[cloud quiver]

Good morning to you too 🙂 👋 🍪

[grizzled wing]

🌤️

[blissful snow]

good morning

[sturdy pike]

How are you guys?

[blissful snow]

good wbu

[sturdy pike]

Refreshed, just like how I like it

[grizzled wing]

refreshed cookies, freshly baked

[sturdy pike]

Yesss

[cloud quiver]

Thanks for asking , not bad for now 🙂 . You ?

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #189 - 40)

[blissful snow]

lol

[sturdy pike]

Slept early so feeling like doing the whole networking module and finish it haha

[cloud quiver]

That's the way to go 🙂

[dusk reef]

gotta love the grind

[grizzled wing]

# e-corp creds
username: jospeh.green
domain: e-corp-usa.com
password: holidayarmadillo

[sturdy pike]

Thanks! Have to do a lot of stuff today aside from rooms too

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3185)

[sturdy pike]

I'll save it for ya, and use it

[sturdy pike]

I don't grind, the grind mindset is toxic, I study and learn haha

[dusk reef]

i do both at the same time

if it wasnt for school I wouldn't be seeing the sun for the next 16 days

gotta get good

[sturdy pike]

You feel like you have the energy until you don't

[hidden fox]

can anyone help me in code review?

[dusk reef]

i used to grind useless stuff, so i gotta put that grind mindset to something useful

[cloud quiver]

Good luck 🙂 🍪 . If you need any help feel free to reach out 😄

[cloud quiver]

Try to ask guys in #programming channel 🙂

[sturdy pike]

Thank you! Will do for sure

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3186)

[boreal crane]

Does any of the THM stuff go beyond OSCP? I like the platform and did the Tiberius Windows Priv esc course and found it helpful

[rapid merlin]

I believe you might find some WEB and EXP content on THM, as well as PEN

not to mention the SOC paths

[boreal crane]

Ah I did hear about the web app pentest pathway recently. I might try it out

[rapid merlin]

I found the THM Learning Roadmap really useful to decide a direction to learn

not to mention it offers a career quiz to help 🙂

all of it is super useful, even if to give a better understanding/perspective on related subjects

[mellow narwhal]

I read this as "revenge"

[forest fractal]

Hello guys

need some advice here regarding file sending

almost 500gb of data needs to be sent online, its an iamge file for an activity

but I am an online itnern

is there a way to send it?

without tampering the metadata

damnn Im getting nervous I might not be included in the activity

so sad

[mellow gull]

Typically sending large amounts of data in general without tampering with the metadata is best done by cloning the source and transferring it onto physical media storage to send directly. Of course - that'll still alter some metadata, but it'll be minimal. I assume you don't want to forensically image the data because that would be very inconvenient for whoever you're sending it to.

[forest fractal]

thats the challenge now 😦

[near sapphire]

techinically still correct, reverse engeneering, revenge

[near sapphire]

i infact do

[forest fractal]

does compressing the file work? like zip

[mellow gull]

Compressing a file always results in alteration to the file's metadata unless specific precautions are taken.

You may be able to preserve most/all of the file's data using tar compression since it uses archival instead of compression, but it will not help much with the file size; it will just make the transfer marginally faster.

[near sapphire]

does it have to be online?

cause i dont think thats possible

[rapid merlin]

there are a lot of handy unix command line tools, especially dd

[pliant cairn]

wait how do you know?

[jolly aspen]

Very nice, thank you

[pliant onyx]

Chat, I keep adding IPs while making ssh connections, but I would like to clear them out
How to

[jolly aspen]

What do you mean? Like from known hosts?

[pliant onyx]

yers

[jolly aspen]

You can just echo “” > knownhosts

Clean slate

[pliant onyx]

pog

[grizzled void]

sudo rm knownhosts | touch knownhosts

R0n1n's is what I would probably do tho

[candid niche]

I'm used to getting 88-105 pts per room, just finished a snort room and got over 1000 pts. my eyes were like 👀

[jolly aspen]

It’s one of only a few that still give 1k or near 1k

[candid niche]

oh no, i thought I was finally gonna start making big progress

[jolly aspen]

Toolboxvim 😉

[candid niche]

gonna try this now actually, because I've been putting off learning Vim for too long, I'll go out of my way to make sure I have access to nano 😂

[jolly aspen]

It’s like 900 pts iirc

[jolly aspen]

There is also vimtutor because that room isn’t going to get the job done. Vim is such a beast of commands

[sinful moon]

although honestly just learning the difference between using command mode and insert mode is kind of the breakthrough moment. And from there you just expand what you can do in command mode

[candid niche]

awesome thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @jolly aspen (current: #83 - 94)

[sinful moon]

but yes vim knowledge is a huge benefit in many common Linux apps. So many common keybinds

How do you search a man page? Same way you do in vim, use /search term

[sinful bobcat]

THM people, good morning

[sinful moon]

I will say god help me if I ever need to use vi instead of (n)vim though. That is never a fun experience, and typically the first thing I install on a ransom setup if it’s really missing

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/platypus-run-wiggle-funny-gif-4823281

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/crunch-cat-luna-eat-gif-3997701764820700221

[sinful moon]

I will say Phineas and Ferb is so much better than it had any right to be. Fantastic writing

I was much too old when it was new so I had to come back around to it as an adult

[mellow gull]

Phineas and Ferb works at any age

[jolly aspen]

Ransom 😮😲

[sinful moon]

indeed, although probably not teen who thinks they’re over cartoons…

but that turned into adult who’s 100% into cartoons

[mellow gull]

I was pretty lucky that I never had that phase as a teen.

I've loved cartoons my entire life.

[sinful bobcat]

[sinful moon]

I went hard into TechTV, History Channel, and informational stuff as a teen, back when those channels either existed or actually had educational content

God TechTV was awesome back in the day

[jolly aspen]

the truth about aliens

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-phineas-and-ferb-phineas-ferb-gif-9132267

[jolly aspen]

Yep for sure

[pliant onyx]

Today's msfconsole art

[jolly aspen]

History channel got to be a haggard, alcoholic tho

[sinful moon]

The G4 merger was done well and for a time it was all good, perfect merger of video games and tech… until the Cops and Cheaters and “let’s make this a MEN’s network” stuff happened lol

[grizzled void]

How's it made was one of my favorite shows growing up

[sinful moon]

Back in the day Modern Marvels was the shit, especially Engineering Disasters lol

There’s a reason I’m absolutely addicted to US Chemical Safety Board YouTube videos lol

[jolly aspen]

The real modern marvels are aliens tho

[sturdy pike]

Yes

the pyramids are spaceships

[sinful moon]

ugh lol, I hate to say they probably went there even with that show

[sturdy pike]

lmao

[sinful moon]

back in the 90s and early 00s tho, good shit

[sturdy pike]

"This is burj khalifa, it's blueprints were given by aliens"

[jolly aspen]

“Ok, so history is tapped, let’s uh….aliens and ghosts never die so that’s gold”

[sinful moon]

I remember one year reciently on D-Day, History Channel used to be end to end WW2 stuff… nah it was all Storage Wars lol

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/it-was-the-aliens-im-not-saying-it-was-aliens-ancient-aliens-gif-14839810013080040984

[sinful moon]

But yeah it’s just sad lowest denominator programming

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/storagewars-davehester-yup-yuuup-bidding-gif-6929794401537307205

[jolly aspen]

So many aliens, we need a second history channel

[sinful moon]

Everyone learned from MTV’s awful decisions and went with it

[sturdy pike]

Entertaining stuff

[sinful moon]

But there’s a reason I haven’t had a TV subscription in over 15 years now

Kinda sucked 90s was like the last gasp of decent TV programming. Sure we had the modern “Golden Age of Dramatic TV” in the 00s but that was a handful of blockbuster shows amongst the wreckage

and even that has died due to oversaturation and more

[jolly aspen]

Tv died with road rules

[sturdy pike]

Creators were passionate at that time, now it's just a cash grab

[sinful moon]

I’d say MTV’s “The Real World”

never even heard of road rules

[jolly aspen]

It was like “the real world” but in a winebego

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/rule-184-a-ferengi-waits-to-bid-until-h-is-opponents-have-exhausted-th-emselves-star-trek-gif-12086424500562864978

[sinful moon]

But yeah “The Real World” was the first to be like, wait we can just pay randos to do “real life” and like loosely script it. It’s so cheap!

[jolly aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-bothered-disrespectful-don't-care-girl-bye-gif-7255005464530671481

[sinful moon]

It just indeed really sucks that every single speciality single topic channel went the MTV route and generalized chasing the same dream

“Oh sorry, we actually don’t care about our core demographic, we just want lowest common demonainator viewing”

[carmine tinsel]

Good evening

Was there ever a time where the History channel wasn't trash

[sinful moon]

Meanwhile YouTube as viewed on TVs has passed the threshold of more viewers there than on phones and tablets, which is

because what do you know, you can get stuff extremely specific to your own interests there

[sinful moon]

Yes, as I said above, 90s and early 00s

[jolly aspen]

Yes, ironically it was a historical time

[sturdy pike]

lmao

[sinful moon]

I still watch some classic episodes of Modern Marvels, that show rocked at the time

[candid niche]

my partner and I watch youtube videos on the tv either in bed / in the lounge while we are eating over normal tv shows because we can watch something specific

[carmine tinsel]

It's always the people that slept through history class who believe in the ancient aliens stuff most

[jolly aspen]

Dont talk about our ancestors like that

[sinful moon]

it did always crack me up that the Ancient Aliens dude always did his hair up like a Centari from Babylon 5

[tall zinc]

Hey can anyone help me in retreiving my insta account

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-happy-smile-excited-clap-gif-7965360

He looks similar too

[candid niche]

nope, against the rules to do anything unethical. best to contact insta directly

[grizzled void]

only meta can do that

[sturdy pike]

"Meta this, meta that, have you ever met a girl before?"

[sinful moon]

lol you can see the progression:

[sturdy pike]

The best waifu doesn't exis-

[carmine tinsel]

I watched some youtube deepdive on Ancient Aliens and apparently the guy claimed that aliens at one point were procreating with human women

[sinful moon]

lol bet you that was AI generated too

[jolly aspen]

“First episode was good and all, but we’re gunna need you to be more believable….here is some hairspray”

[sinful moon]

Conspiracy videos are like ground zero for AI Youtube slop

[candid niche]

I don't blame em

[jolly aspen]

How do you think we are alive today? Hmm

[tall zinc]

Yes, actually it's my art account. Around 12 days ago both the password and email was changed. And now he sending some fisshy website links to friends and followers

[carmine tinsel]

the vid came out before AI came to snatch our collective wigs

[sturdy pike]

Is there a lore reason why the secure ports are numbered after 400? Correct me if I'm wrong

[jolly aspen]

@mossy river

[candid niche]

yeah, still can't help, sory

[sinful moon]

Still slop

[carmine tinsel]

must be why my head is so misshapen, its the alpha centaurian in me

[tall zinc]

K no probs🫡

[pliant onyx]

Who called me

I heard someone mention the alpha

[sinful moon]

The Omega. Alright you can leave

c:

[jolly aspen]

Nop. We already on The Zeta

[pliant onyx]

yay thanks I won't be late for my train now bye

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sinful moon (current: #34 - 276)

[sturdy pike]

Wrong demon summon

[sinful moon]

Nah that batman beyond spin-off was canceled in 2002: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zeta_Project

get with the times yo

[sturdy pike]

Isn't that the one with the spiderverse type animation style?

[sinful moon]

i say pulling a random show no one remembers out of my hat

No? It’s all roughly Batman: TAS styled, but a bit more 00s

[carmine tinsel]

You know a tv show has insane lore when the first thing you see on the wiki page is 'the September 11 attacks'

[sinful moon]

traditional animation and no digital ink/paint

well at least I think that’s the case for at least early Batman Beyond but I may be wrong

traditional animation either way, I’d have to watch some to ensure no digital ink and paint

[jolly aspen]

I think you’re right

[sinful moon]

mhmm, either way, fantastic shows

I love what they did with Batman Beyond. WB was like “um we really need a kid Batman to appeal to the younger demographic”… obviously kids loved Batman: TAS as much as adults, but…

The Batman: TAS team was like, okay instead of dumb kid batman, we make him a teen in a dystopian future with old man bruce wayne as his teacher

[carmine tinsel]

Any good challenge rooms for beginners, I gotta make sure I don't forget everything I've learned so far

[sinful bobcat]

Why is the Legend - Guardian jump so big lmao

[sinful moon]

Like “kid batman” could have been such an awful idea if they didn’t execute it so brilliantly

[sinful bobcat]

Legend is 20k and for Guardian you need 15k more

[jolly aspen]

Batman beyond was black paper with light inks

[carmine tinsel]

Ah so thats why I see so many OxDs here

[sinful bobcat]

Ye lmao

The jump is almost the entire score you did until then

[sturdy pike]

Wait, what gets you the credentials in IMAP? I gotta check my notes

[sinful bobcat]

[sinful moon]

Well that is categorically what Batman: TAS basically invented yes, but they may have moved on to digital ink and paint by then, I”m not 100% on that

[jolly aspen]

Well, until a few weeks ago 0xD was the highest

[sinful bobcat]

Fr ?

[sturdy pike]

Oh, gotcha, you use your credentials to send a mail which in turn gives you the credentials if the network is being monitored

[sinful moon]

Yeah actually gave me a reason to continue grinding

[carmine tinsel]

I'm just happy if I progress beyond 0x8

Tbh I think hacker is a dumb rank name, im barely a skid hehe

[sinful moon]

although all levels above 0xD are still the same green on this discord lol

[carmine tinsel]

I put the skid in skid marks 💯

[sinful bobcat]

Oh hell naaaah

Perry in green ?

[sturdy pike]

I'll be level 8 soon

[sinful bobcat]

Naaah

[carmine tinsel]

why r they all green lol

[candid niche]

wish I could keep my yellow name colour

[jolly aspen]

Potato 🥔

[sinful moon]

They just copied the 0xD green for all newer roles

[sinful bobcat]

Guru was blue and it was good for my Perry

[sinful moon]

THM Discord really needs a helping hand in not only color choices but color theory and design

[carmine tinsel]

they need to change it, brat summer was 6 months ago

[jolly aspen]

Only way for blue is to go back

[sturdy pike]

Which colour would be good for my cookie?

[sinful bobcat]

I can loose points ?

[odd widget]

Hello bro .

[sinful bobcat]

You again

Hello

[sinful moon]

No Perry lol

[sinful bobcat]

Green forever

[sinful moon]

you must make this unending march to the same green as me

[sinful bobcat]

[jolly aspen]

Green of doom

[sinful moon]

Yeah the red matched my old avatar really well, I miss it too lol

[jolly aspen]

I’ve been holding out

[sinful bobcat]

The eternal green

[jolly aspen]

Just a few points away

This streak is forcing me to green

[candid niche]

I think im a wizard next, not sure what colour that is

[sinful bobcat]

Pink

I think

[sturdy pike]

Wizard is pink?

[sinful moon]

ur a wizard harry

[sturdy pike]

I'll go to pink after purple?

[sinful bobcat]

Pink is hacker wait

[carmine tinsel]

Yes

[sinful bobcat]

Dark green

[jolly aspen]

Nop wizard is a slightly darker green than 0xD

[sinful bobcat]

Then blue

Then red and then the eternal green

[candid niche]

oh ok, i can live with dark green

[devout palm]

https://tenor.com/view/forrest-gump-wave-hello-hi-sup-gif-16159238468026206620

[sinful moon]

Yeah 0xD green is the lighter of the two

but seriously THM discord need to get on that color science and good use of color palettes

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/baby-yoda-baby-yoda-wave-baby-yoda-waving-hi-hello-gif-15975082

[jolly aspen]

I mean com’on Who chose the color palette? The history channel??

[sinful moon]

I have issues with the THM role colors, and they’re all too stark and extreme against both white and dark backgrounds while also being displeasing

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/revolte-revolution-france-revolution-francaise-bastille-gif-24476067

[sinful moon]

^ me irl

[sturdy pike]

Mythic should be black

As it's the singularity

[sinful moon]

although just me alone marching up to the gate… and being turned away

[jolly aspen]

Hunger strike for better colors!

[sinful bobcat]

Why did this remind me of the area 51 run

[sturdy pike]

We'd probably starve before the admin notices

[sinful bobcat]

[sinful moon]

Area 51 the video game better

[sinful bobcat]

What ???

[jolly aspen]

I’m sorry to inform you, but you’ll likely be the one eaten first

[sinful moon]

arcade game I should specify

[sinful bobcat]

A game ?

[sinful moon]

Yeah it’s a light gun shooter

[sinful bobcat]

2005 DAMN

[sinful moon]

I mean the 90s one

[sinful bobcat]

For PS2

Ah

[sinful moon]

that’s a lame FPS

reboot

[sinful bobcat]

1995 for PS

[sturdy pike]

Ahh, I forgot, I'm a cookie

[sinful bobcat]

That's history

[sinful moon]

lol so am I

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/thursday-gif-6351894256614136357

[jolly aspen]

Yea. No hard feelings tho

[sinful moon]

ya’ll missed out, the 90s were freaking rad

imagine growing up right when the internet was getting started

[sturdy pike]

I understand...

[sinful bobcat]

Imagine the fun

[jolly aspen]

It was loud and screeching

[sinful bobcat]

Checking everything of everyone

Plaintext

[sinful moon]

It was better than it is now, that’s for sure lol

[sinful bobcat]

[jolly aspen]

I do miss the days of waiting hours for the very first meme’s to download

[sinful moon]

People just made fan sites, personal sites and similar, it was a much simpler place

if you wanted to put something out there, no social media, you had to make a web page on GeoCities most likely as your easiest in

[carmine tinsel]

Should've been on the cybersec grind in the 90s instead of having the audacity to not be born yet

[jolly aspen]

the audacity

[carmine tinsel]

lol

[sinful moon]

lol I was in the infosec grind in the 00s but there was zero clear career paths for that at the time

[sturdy pike]

Audacity mentioned!!!

[sinful moon]

it wasn’t even a thing besides advancing through other related fields

[jolly aspen]

Yea, you were just the person that could power on a computer

_alien technology _

[carmine tinsel]

Everything I've heard about the cs industry before it blew up makes it sound like the wild west

[sturdy pike]

Everything was mostly done manually on paper and what were you gonna hack? Game points?

[sinful moon]

lol hush ronin

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/saloon-enter-crowboys-gif-24849059

[sinful bobcat]

It was the wild west

[pliant onyx]

Not touching THM for the rest of the week

[jolly aspen]

Nice

[sinful bobcat]

Now also but with more feds

[carmine tinsel]

Nice to know I'm not the only childish one in this server

[sinful moon]

But yes the 90s and early 00s computing, but especially Internet wise was the wild west and it was lovely

[jolly aspen]

The week changes by the day tho

😐

[carmine tinsel]

I've answered a lot of questions this week, I should definitely slow down my pace of learning so I absorb more

[sinful moon]

Now it’s depressingly corpo

[jolly aspen]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news

[sinful bobcat]

Leaderboard of another CTF wesbite

[sinful moon]

Have you been taking notes? I do find that helps

[sinful bobcat]

I stopped

[sturdy pike]

@pliant onyx I'm the opposite

[carmine tinsel]

I take notes a lot

[sturdy pike]

I drown in my notes

[jolly aspen]

https://tenor.com/view/knowledge-brain-math-put-english-gif-26697371

[sinful bobcat]

Where obsidian

[sinful moon]

Looks good as well!

[sinful bobcat]

Once you get used to Obsidian there is no going back

[sturdy pike]

Thanks! Have yet to organize it for this week, Once I end my rooms, I forget, I do the bare minimum so I know what goes where

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sinful moon (current: #34 - 277)

[sinful moon]

imho tho the biggest mistake you can make in your notes: trying to turn them into basically wikipedia articles. You don’t need that, you should only take notes on what you need to remember.

But everyone is different, just don’t fall down this trap that caught me

[sinful bobcat]

I never touched again any other doc app or program when I switched to Obsidian

Try it trust me

It's damn cool and helpful

[sinful moon]

I’ve written (informal) incident reports for work in Obsidian and exported to PDF lol

[carmine tinsel]

Me with my goofy ass apple notes app

[jolly aspen]

Howwwwwwww

[sinful bobcat]

Someone ever used Latex ?

..

[carmine tinsel]

Sorry, I feel like i've sinned by being a macbook user

[sinful moon]

I have used LaTeX before yes

[sinful bobcat]

The pain.

[jolly aspen]

Nah

[sinful bobcat]

PAIN.

[sinful moon]

You can use Obsidian on Macs lol

[sturdy pike]

This is a sign I feel I should compress my notes, I'll go through them again for a revision

[pliant onyx]

2 coins of the same side

[jolly aspen]

I have one, so does Ellie

[sinful moon]

mhmm

[sinful bobcat]

+3

[carmine tinsel]

I should probably start learning sql for realsies

[jolly aspen]

But the notes app is terrible

Haha

[carmine tinsel]

I'm a creature of habit, i use it because I always have

[sturdy pike]

I know right, the counter feels weird, till yesterday it was showing 113 questions answered, but now it shows 98

[pliant onyx]

This is my upload speed

[sinful moon]

imho it is up to your own note taking style, but me going overboard is something I noticed on my first go-around of note taking with a Knowledge Base like app

[jolly aspen]

obsidian

[pliant onyx]

it changes day by day

[carmine tinsel]

why the question counter always bouncing nowadays lol

the chart

[pliant onyx]

At least someone's bouncing

[sinful moon]

I’m not saying you need to clean that up, but just don’t get stuck in a loop where you think you need articles because that’s what you’re used to (me, guilty as charged)

[carmine tinsel]

once again I'm tempted to make an immature bouncing on it joke

[sinful bobcat]

[pliant onyx]

It was intended

[jolly aspen]

It was from the sale countdown

[sinful moon]

I’ve heard “smart notes” thrown around in note taking communities, instead I take “dumb notes”, aka literally just the notes I need to remember something

[pliant onyx]

Implied even

[sturdy pike]

I was typing out the notes before but it was taking a hell lot of time, I figured that if I copy and paste them but breaking them down at the same time will help, and it does

[sinful moon]

Yeah sometimes I’d just copy paste entire THM or Wikipedia sections and…. that’s not honestly good note taking in my personal opinion.

[carmine tinsel]

I try to at least write things in my own words

[jolly aspen]

Blasphemy

[sinful moon]

Just take notes with enough context and etc, for what you actually need to remember at a glance

but everone is different in their note taking habbits

[sturdy pike]

You got me! I shall start following the important notes structure then

[sinful moon]

mhmm, I just found it wore me down over time and left me with ineffective notes for quick reference which is realistically what I needed

[jolly aspen]

I read “hobbits” and thought, my that would be convenient

[sturdy pike]

Oh, I just copy the important and technical stuff, not the whole article but I get what you mean, gotta put more efforts in them notes

[jolly aspen]

If bilbo could just wright my notes

[sinful moon]

lol my whole philosophy is putting less efforts into my notes ironically

otherwise I go overboard and document way more than I actually need to spark my brain again

[carmine tinsel]

broooo I'm a horrible note taker I write the whole ass us constitution for every room I do

[jolly aspen]

Are they notes or just a copy pasta of the whole document?

[sturdy pike]

I mostly remember what the stuff means after I do a practical of it, but if I still don't, I found it way convenient if I revisit the whole topic as I'm not in the hurry of a quick reference

[tiny viper]

i rarely take notes and its evident in my uni grades

[sinful moon]

well for like, documenting what you’re doing on something? That’s kind of perfect, I was just meaning general topics

[sturdy pike]

I thought putting more effort will do but I think I'm okay at what I'm doing lol

[sinful moon]

Keep in mind for IT, probably won’t matter what field you get into, you’ll run into tickets eventually. And you do have to have a record of everything you did.

[sturdy pike]

I don't go overboard, but if the notes seem sophisticated, I try to open them up

[sinful moon]

Sounds good, but also just keep in mind, this is my own opinion on note taking, everyone is different.

For me making complex notes for my own reference was a hindrance rather than a help, is my only concern

[sturdy pike]

Yeah I understand, which is why I try to integrate something useful from everyone's style, and I ask people who I think take efficient notes

[sturdy pike]

I add tags so they're easier to find, there's a specific keyword for every note

[sinful moon]

mhmm good stuff

[jolly aspen]

It’s fun to think that Ellie just had a notes conversation with a real cookie

[sinful moon]

well a silver gilded one

[jolly aspen]

Fancy cookie

[sturdy pike]

Lucky Cookie

[sinful moon]

I am moving back to Obsidian but currently and especially for work, I use Logseq, which is much the same but everything is a bullet point which is nice but limiting.

The main feature that made it critical for work for me, was a new note for every single day, which Obsidian now has but didn’t at the time. Using each new note for each work day, and linking back out to more complex ideas and projects is kinda how I structure my work note taking. My work notes are pretty darn slap dash in comparison to my personal ones, you just don’t always have the time

Still this has re-enforced to me that ordered lists freaking rule for structured data that you’d get in a place of business quickly

[sturdy pike]

I follow the linking and breaking down of more complex ideas, idea, it works wonders for me, been following that methodology for around 10 years now, it's so much well maintained if you're diving down a rabbit hole and can just click on the links for reference

[rapid merlin]

another thing about note taking... you dont need to remember EVERYTHING. dont pressure yourself into thinking you have to.

[sinful moon]

Mhmm, it’s invaluable, although you may cry how your work notes kinda of break down under pressure if you don’t already work in the field

mhmm

That’s kind of what I was alluding to, imho your notes should just be enough to spark your memory and store things like the odd command you aren’t doing super often and etc

[rapid merlin]

well said liz.

[sturdy pike]

Oh I don't, I just remember the activity I did, some theory and a few keywords, it has enough info for me to connect the dots to spark the information flow

[sinful moon]

I memorize a lot of terminal/cmd commands, but yeah this three liner I need to look up every time:

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:pool.ntp.org,0x8 /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update
w32tm /config /update  
w32tm /resync

literally just set sane WIndows NTP settings on a server

[sturdy pike]

Totally agreed, I was just going over an activity where it asked to send an email through telnet using the IMAP, just had to go to the IMAP notes, read the definition and it instantly clicked

[sinful moon]

mhmm totally fair

[sturdy pike]

For cases like this, I have a cheatsheets and shortcuts folder in which I store commands I want to remember, I link the notes to the designated topic, really helpful

[sinful moon]

For me that’s just “Windows NTP” as a note but yep fair

[sturdy pike]

Fair enough

[sinful moon]

I can’t always garuntee I’ll learn something whilst on my work computer to make any other kind of reference of it

[sturdy pike]

That's fair, for quick access it's great, these are my personal notes as I've yet to enter the field as a practitioner

[sinful moon]

Mhmm, I will also recommend, when it comes time, make a completely separate Vault for your work stuff. Segment that stuff completely as much as you can. Proprietary work info and your actual (personal) professional development should not touch ideally… if possible

lol that is if work even allows you to use your own note taking app, who knows

[still mural]

Anyone got go to questions for a cybersecurity position interview

[sturdy pike]

I like clear distinction between stuff so I won't let them touch so no worries about that, thanks for the advice! Also, can I send you a friend request? Because there will come a time when I'll need advice on the stuff I'm doing at that time.

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sinful moon (current: #34 - 278)

[sinful moon]

If I’m being cynical, you’re probably going to be interviewed by HR rather than technical staff. But realistically not off the top of my head, no

[sturdy pike]

We'll have to see at that time lol, but why wouldn't they? Slack enforcement?

[rapid merlin]

what makes you interested in cybersecurity?

[sinful moon]

Yeah feel free to send the invite, @sturdy pike, no worries! For context, I’ve been in the industry for four years now

[still mural]

Yea i think they are hr but i dont really have too many questions prepared

[sinful moon]

Answer his question, since many will be either general or about your qualifications

[sturdy pike]

Sent, also, I'd love to hear your experience in the field

[mellow narwhal]

My dino is invincible

no cactus shall deter it

[still mural]

yeah i just mean at the end when they ask if i have any questions

need something to show interest

[wind bramble]

guys what macbook might be the best for pentesting?
is macbook air enough? or do i need the pro?

[sturdy pike]

I think I'm in LOVE with TLS now, it makes me feel secure.

[mellow narwhal]

omw to perform a TLS stripping attack

/j

[rapid merlin]

cryptography, safety in numbers 🙂

[ancient mirage]

01000111 01101111 01101111 01100100 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110010 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100111 01110101 01111001 01110011

[mellow narwhal]

good morning to you too

[sturdy pike]

Nooooo, my loveeee

[cloud quiver]

This isn't hardware demanding field , those will be more than enough 🙂

[sinful moon]

Good mornign to you too, damn it beat me there

[sturdy pike]

Ah yes, now I'm a cryptography cookie?

[carmine tinsel]

ngl “why are you into cybersecurity” is a funny question because it’s hard not to answer without sounding evil 💀

[mellow narwhal]

You're a session cookie

[wind bramble]

oh i see. Thank you for answering

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3192)

[mellow narwhal]

https://tenor.com/view/look-smile-smirk-breezy-moves-ornery-gif-3520545

[rapid merlin]

interesting you say that as cookies can have cryptography 👍

[sinful moon]

just got to step around those teen years carefully when answering lol

[sturdy pike]

I'm a cookie

[mellow narwhal]

I'm going to steal you.

[sturdy pike]

They can be cryptographically secure right?

[carmine tinsel]

the edgy 14 year old in me periodically takes over and makes me talk about how mysterious my black hoodie is

[sinful moon]

lol

[sturdy pike]

Jokes on you, I'm into that

[sinful moon]

I’m wearing a light blue hoodie right now, shattering stereotypes

[carmine tinsel]

im wearing a hello kitty hoodie, im the most dangerous hacker of them all

[mellow narwhal]

No.

Not exactly

[sinful moon]

(apparently the only Hello Kitty emoji I have lol)

[sturdy pike]

I'm wearing a grey hoodie

[mellow narwhal]

Sensitive cookies can have the Secure and HttpOnly flags to keep them safe, but I don't think any additional cryptography is typically applied on cookies

[devout palm]

Light blue h4x0r

[sturdy pike]

am I a grey hat hacker now?

no

I'm a grey hoodie

On a cookie

[devout palm]

I am black hoodied

[sinful moon]

They could get fancy with salting and hashing, but they indeed often don’t

[sturdy pike]

So if I steal cookies, will your credentials be mine?

[sinful moon]

yes, we call that Infostealer Malware

[sturdy pike]

But why do I have to steal them if I am cookie myself?

[mellow narwhal]

No, sites don't normally store credentials in cookies

Mainly stuff like session tokens

[carmine tinsel]

how people feel after saying they wanna be a black hat hacker and steal people’s bank account information

[sinful moon]

but they do store session tokens

yep

[mellow narwhal]

Depends on which cookies you steal too of course

[sturdy pike]

So indirectly I'm still getting access where you like it or not

[mellow narwhal]

Session cookies are valuable, GA cookies are not

[devout palm]

https://tenor.com/view/typing-code-glitch-computer-elliot-alderson-gif-10669159

[mellow gull]

"If there are defenders there needs to be attackers right? That's all I'm doing, giving them a job."

[sturdy pike]

This conversation is now level 9, and I"m still level 7

[sinful moon]

And yeah the Infostealer malware knows exactly which cookies to target, how to extract your Chrome saved passwords (bad user), Edge saved passwords (bad user), etc

[rapid merlin]

@sturdy pike this is a fun room if you have not yet seen it https://tryhackme.com/room/sessionmanagement

[sturdy pike]

Marvel wouldn't exist

if there were no bad villains

huh?

[carmine tinsel]

In the context of cookies, what does GA stand for

[sturdy pike]

bad villains?

[sinful moon]

put < and > around the URL if you’re not going to click the remove embed

[sturdy pike]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do it after I finish wireshark

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lime ledge (current: #206 - 37)

[rapid merlin]

"If it wasn't me then someone else would be doing it" - was my mentality on why I hacked for a LONG time lol.

[mellow narwhal]

will note for future rickrolls 🫡

[rapid merlin]

I don't remember who I got that from but he was a legendary hacker/phreaker from the 80s.

Edit; It was phiber optik aka mark abane.

[mellow narwhal]

google analytics

[carmine tinsel]

Got it

[mellow narwhal]

that's how ads are loaded

[sinful moon]

Unless you’re using an adblocker <3

[rigid kayak]

hi guys

[sinful moon]

Hi, Light

[rigid kayak]

i want to play the red team capstone but for some reason i cant download the vpn for the network anyhelp or idea why ?

[rigid kayak]

hey

[sturdy pike]

I had a port matching exercise just now, I followed my gut and got them all right

[sinful moon]

Probably more of a question for #site-support honestly

[rapid merlin]

@sinful moon can I PM you some ZX Spectrum pixel art?

[sinful moon]

sure!

speccy art is wild when the break the color bounderies

or even when they don’t

[cloud quiver]

Congrats , great job 🙂 🚀

[cloud quiver]

Hi , welcome 🙂 👋

[cloud quiver]

Those may even be overkill . Any newer laptop should do the job 🙂

[atomic atlas]

10k🔥

[sinful moon]

My pentesting server is 2 cores and 4GB of RAM. Terminal only but even then I think this is overkill for my needs indeed

[cloud quiver]

Congrats , great job , keep it up 🙂 🚀

[atomic atlas]

thanks alot!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3193)

[mellow gull]

I've really gotta start looking into migrating to a good laptop setup.

I've done everything from a desktop thus far but I'm getting out of the house a lot more lately.

[sturdy pike]

Thank you!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3194)

[sinful moon]

Asus gaming laptops are one I can recommend, but yeah depends on what you’re looking for. Their Zephryus line tho does straddle the Gaming but still being an understated ultrabook well

[rapid merlin]

do you think you would want a mouse, or can manage a trackpad?

Yeah I just got a asus gaming rig this weekend lol

Was totally worth it for multitasking while also doing cracking.

[mellow gull]

I've been thinking of getting a newer Latitude, I've heard good things about them from the people here. I used to have an oooolllddd Asus gaming laptop but there's a bit of an embarrassing story behind its destruction.

[rapid merlin]

they are good pcs.

im using a latitude right now.

[sturdy pike]

I'm looking to get a new laptop too, starting learning bug bounty through portswigger academy, and as I'm already learning thm, I've heard hackathons make a hell lot of difference in your resume, hoping to get it by the end of the year

[sinful moon]

Dell I still love and we are still a partner at work, but they are more and more hit or miss these days sadly

[mellow gull]

And I'll probably get a mouse. Trackpads are fine but I don't like them.

[carmine tinsel]

What’s portswigger like

[rapid merlin]

I've worked at game studios where they just buy us laptops, and then have the keyboard, mouse, monitor hook up in the office

I guess it depends on the environment

some love the massive amount of screen real estate too

[gray sonnet]

Hi

[rapid merlin]

I was on portswigger main page for like a whole month at one point

[mellow gull]

Do you have an opinion on the newer 5500 series?

[rapid merlin]

You could probably still find me on there

[gray sonnet]

Just finished my electrical engineering class, will be around for the next 2 hours

[sinful moon]

Of Latitudes? They’re just fine, I set up two of them for our clients, but I never touched the device being 800 miles away so I can only answer how it performed remotely

[carmine tinsel]

I’m planning to attend a hackathon next weekend, I’ll see how it goes

[rapid merlin]

I feel the same, especially if it is for a long duration

[mellow gull]

That more or less supports what I've heard. The hard specs look pretty good on them in terms of hardware, but with Dells the issue is usually the construction itself.

[rapid merlin]

latitudes are cheap and reliable. great for everyday stuff. and also for hauling around if you dont feel safe hauling a high-end laptop around.

[sinful moon]

yeah Dell has kinda lost it’s luster over the years sadly

I still have 1999 and 2002 Dells that are working fine, but I doubt I could say the same about their current products

[rapid merlin]

depends.

[sturdy pike]

Damn, that's great, I feel like going there for some time but I'll have to manage thm too so I guess sometime later with SYN as KGB suggested

[rapid merlin]

once you learn everything and find a footing, you will follow your own path and figure out what you want to from there

alot of people get too caught up on what they are wanting to do in the end but havent even got started yet

[mellow gull]

I've got a neurodegenerative disorder so doing fine movements with my fingers can get really painful after a bit. A wide mouse helps a lot.

[sinful moon]

We did get Dell Precision 7770s for a CAD focused client and holy heck those where a mess in every single regard

[sturdy pike]

They're working fine? My lenovo is almost 6 and it's coughing like it has stage 3 cancer, it tests my patience by lagging so damn much

[sinful moon]

To be fair they’re desktops and they built them to last back then

[rapid merlin]

I hear that, a mouse feels a lot more ergonomic

[sturdy pike]

And when they do start, they think it's already too late and quit the field in whole

[sinful moon]

I can link my photo I always do but everyone is sick of it by now lol

[rapid merlin]

fibromalygia?

[sinful moon]

my sibling has that, it sucks

[rapid merlin]

@sinful moon any thoughts on this? https://novacustom.com/coreboot-laptop/

yeah it does, my mom has its sad to watch

[sturdy pike]

Oh, my dad has one from 2005, they really are well built

[sinful moon]

you could do coreboot on numerous devices. Never ever heard of this OEM

[rapid merlin]

true, coreboot firmware etc.

time 2 go learn what I have forgot

[sinful moon]

Good luck Luigi!

[rapid merlin]

I found out about them due to Qubes OS certified hardware

its crazy how much you forget over the years because everything changes so fast and so often

[sturdy pike]

Good luck! You're a hacker now, and you're crazy fast

[sinful moon]

lol I got into THM to refresh my knowledge from the 00s, so you can only imagine. I did keep up with the scene but not to the same extent

[rapid merlin]

@sinful moon why the 🙃 ? 🤔 😁

[sinful moon]

Meme OS

to be frank

[rapid merlin]

ah!

that's fair

[sinful moon]

Next week you’ll be telling me NixOS is the best thing since sliced bread

sorta deal

[mellow gull]

Among other things. A bit of a fun case, medically speaking.

[sinful moon]

Qubes OS is vey interesting, but not practical imho

[rapid merlin]

what OS would you recommend?

[sturdy pike]

I've seen the updates, they were also rapid so that's fair

[sinful moon]

Did you want your apps containerized? We have a name for that, AppImage, Flatpak, etc, or if you’re feeling real spicey run them in FreeBSD Jails lol

[rapid merlin]

chroot all the things

[sinful moon]

I don’t personally make OS recommendations to experienced users, since I use every OS I can get my hands on and my preference may not match another’s

[sturdy pike]

I just realized, the s in cookies has a meaning which is secure or savouring, whatever you choose

[rapid merlin]

ah! now you're talkin' 😉

[sturdy pike]

tls makes you go crazy for it

[sinful moon]

That being said yes, I’ve been on Arch since 2008, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you already know that’s exactly what you want like I do

[rapid merlin]

Im sorry you gotta deal with that.

nerve pain is the worst pain.

[mellow gull]

I appreciate it, but naturally I've learned to live with it.

I've been chronic essentially since birth, my mother was not very responsible when pregnant with me lmao

[rapid merlin]

Same here, exactly lol. Why my grandma had to raise me.

[sinful moon]

That’s unfortunate, but I’m glad you’ve learned to cope if nothing else. I know how hard it hits my sibling and for how long that went undiagnosed, so I can imagine

[rapid merlin]

ANWAYS

I love watching people problem solve things I would have no idea how to navigate

[mellow gull]

Watching the process is really interesting.

You get an appreciation of the fact that people's methodology and way of thinking is super unique from person to person.

[sinful moon]

for me it’s “oh shit” moments like, something just went catastrophically wrong at NASA and the flight director says “lock the control room doors”. That’s when things are getting real

More reading up on history there, but it’s facinating

[sturdy pike]

I'm forever greatful for watching the process, and learning to observe it, and integrate stuff from the uniqueness

[mellow gull]

This is also why collaboration is super important. Because people are empowered - and simultaneously limited by - their unique way of thinking, it doesn't usually cover every possible base. We're at our strongest when we're working together and valuing the input and insight of the people around us.

[rapid merlin]

playing our strengths 👍

it's a very tribal survival human experience imo

[wet sapphire]

This is genuinely one of the most interesting conversations I’ve seen

[rapid merlin]

also in the business world of cybersecurity... teamwork is SUPER IMPORTANT

probably one of the most important aspects of my career right now

[sturdy pike]

Yes, which is why I try to talk to everyone and make possible connections, I always take it "They might not know something you do and you might not know something they do" as a mindset which gives me a blank canvas or a new connection, knowing what they know you didn't and sharing what they didn't feels great

[hollow rock]

sup everyone hows valentine's day going on

[sinful moon]

That is a good point, and honestly why some non infosec IT experience is great for you. Learning to work with other departments of IT is critical to your job

[sturdy pike]

We're cybersec people, we don't have it, except some

[carmine tinsel]

Some is very optimistic

[sinful moon]

Yeah me and my SO will be reporting into our IT jobs today as normal lol

[rapid merlin]

same

we both have work today, shes already gone.

[rapid merlin]

connections really help us achieve our goals

[sinful moon]

Mhmm understandable

just adult stuff for you

[rapid merlin]

cybersecurity is all about connecting.. one way or another

never thought of it like that before

its just a giant web

[sturdy pike]

Indeed, no one, not even some

[sinful moon]

Mhmm, and I can’t stress enough how much those connections can help with landing a job

[sturdy pike]

Yes, which is what I like about connecting people through communities

[rapid merlin]

I would say 90% of my tech jobs were through connections

[mellow gull]

It seems some members of the chat have achieved an epiphany. Talking the Dao of Tech offers many such benefits.

[hollow rock]

anyone who would like to connect with me as THM friends 👉 👈

[sturdy pike]

They always say connecting through the LinkedIn train is the best way, is it?

[sinful moon]

I’ll be the cagey one who says, lets see how you interact with the community first c:

Not that we’re not happy to have you here

[carmine tinsel]

I wish I could revert to monke and not have to worry about connections 🫠

[hollow rock]

did I do something wrong lol

[mellow gull]

Monkeys worry about connections a ton.

Just different kinds.

[rapid merlin]

we need to help you verify on discord

with your THM account

[sinful moon]

Nope! But this would help indeed ^

[sharp citrus]

Discord: How Do I Verify My TryHackMe Account?

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/6495858-discord-how-do-i-verify-my-tryhackme-account

Feb 14, 2025, 9:22 AM

[carmine tinsel]

If I was a monkey I’d probably be on the banana eating grind

[rapid merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/april-banana-banana-eat-eat-banana-eating-banana-april-gif-6182904627619846704

[sinful moon]

I still don’t have a LinkedIn, but I’ll probably have to eventually. Been holding off on that because I dread, yet another social network. All of my job recommendations have been friends/family

[mellow gull]

I have a linkedin but I do not participate in that grind whatsoever.

[sinful moon]

Had a friend attempt to poach me twice for his DFIR team which I should have gone for but I wasn’t ready at the time

[mellow gull]

I'm already in state employment, I have nothing to worry about.

[shrewd inlet]

guys, what should I do if my attackbox keeps lagging even after I restart it?

[rapid merlin]

ugh im being forced to have a linkedin

[carmine tinsel]

I hate LinkedIn

[rapid merlin]

saem

[tropic ice]

same here 😄

[mellow gull]

It's just not a very interesting platform.

[carmine tinsel]

Why am I always getting 20 notifications about some guy’s hustle culture blog post

[tropic ice]

networking seems to be the hardest for me 😟

[mellow gull]

It's full of weird posers and people that are more concerned with posting irrelevant philosophical drivel than actually being interesting.

[carmine tinsel]

“my wife divorced me and it taught me a lot about perseverance and cloud computing”

[rapid merlin]

my coworkers and I all use signal to contact eachother but they recommended us to use linkedin

for anyone jaded with linkedin 😄 https://www.shlinkedin.com/

[sinful moon]

Yeah unfortunately (or fortunately?) its the physical face to face element that has actually done it for me

[rapid merlin]

networking is easily my strongest point.

and im not even close to mastering it.

[tropic ice]

For me specificly its harder since i wanna work in country that i dont live in 😄

[sinful moon]

are your networked acquaintances on a /24 subnet?

awful joke, I’m sorry

[mellow gull]

I'm... probably good at networking? I don't put significant effort into it, but I get a lot of leaders to advocate for me by just being helpful and trying to learn useful skills. I think making an intentional effort of it would probably do me bad.

[hollow rock]

yo I verified it can you see it now?

[tropic ice]

Yup

[sturdy pike]

I don't see the point in it either, I have around 700 connections in which none of them seem active, nor do I see the point of having so many, it's free publicity for increasing numbers on a platform that works on numbers

[sinful moon]

Honestly just befriend people in the field, especially any chance irl, and you may be suprised

[rapid merlin]

welcome to the community

[hollow rock]

thx

[rapid merlin]

being helpful to others is the best marketing from my experience

[mellow gull]

Yeah I'm pretty good friends with some of the heads in our IT department, partly for that. It's a process that you can't force

[sinful moon]

Indeed and that’s great, but yeah just if you can expand that circle outside of just your immediate workplace, that would be even more ideal

But I kind of lucked out with an SO who works at an MSP and a close friend who’s a DFIR manager for a major institution as my primary examples 🙃

Just kinda happen to already know plenty more than that who went into IT

[mellow gull]

Yeah for sure. I've mentioned it before but I work in a state university so the workplace web here is absolutely massive.

[hollow rock]

anyone who would like to connect with me as THM friends ??

[rapid merlin]

Ambition, Patience, and Communication.

[sinful moon]

Oh yeah that is actually great potentially

[carmine tinsel]

Sure, we can be THM friends

[tropic ice]

Feel free to send me invitation ;D

[rapid merlin]

Those are the 3 keys for a succesfull IT career.

[carmine tinsel]

I’m jiafei8 on thm

[rapid merlin]

I love that ❤️

[toxic cairn]

Morning chat

[rapid merlin]

@hollow rock do you want to add me as a friend of discord?

[cloud quiver]

You can add me if you want 🙂

[sinful moon]

However I will caution on the ambition part if you’re at a really small org. Only take on as much work as you can manage. Or else you will wear “all the hats” so to speak

Just find your niche and fill it, but don’t keep filling niches beyond that lolol

[mellow gull]

Coming from Ellie, a wearer of all the hats.

[tropic ice]

and my nickname on thm is the same as here 😛

[sinful moon]

mhmm

[rapid merlin]

I have over 15 years under my belt in this industry.

[sick lance]

#site-support

[hollow rock]

@cloud quiver whats ur guys username

[fringe nacelle]

[sinful moon]

A reasonable counter I will say to those fantastic three attributes, is also just learning “when to say no”. That’s actually a very difficult thing to do, but if you can justify why you can’t reasonably be expected to perform a task, it is helpful.

It’s very very easy to go all in when you’re getting started in IT, and that will look great for sure, but make sure you don’t burn yourself out by signing up to do everything under the sun

[cloud quiver]

KGBTHM 🙂

[rapid merlin]

why did I eat leftover chili for breakfast?

Im going to regret this before the sun even rises.

[carmine tinsel]

My condolences to your toilet

[rapid merlin]

I just sent you a friend invite on discord 😉

[sturdy pike]

Whaa

Cookies are sweet

🍪 have one

[sinful moon]

Cookies don’t fix heartburn or indigestion unfortunately

[fringe nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/champagne-barbie-cookie-monster-gif-21025884

[rapid merlin]

I didnt even know you could add people on THM

[sinful moon]

yep!

[tropic ice]

I've just looked up your streak and DAMN that's huge

[sick lance]

It does dox your real name.

If you have it set.

[cloud quiver]

There's button below skill matrix 🙂

[rapid merlin]

Oooh I see it now

Kind of hidden away

Thats why I never noticed it lol

[sturdy pike]

Ah, so cookies aren't an answer to everything, cookies with milk then?

[sick lance]

It's been there for years, nobody has seen it.

[sturdy pike]

I'm removing it FIRST THING.

[carmine tinsel]

trydoxme

[sinful moon]

I have a friend in Canada and a co-worker as my only THM “friends” on the site lol

[sick lance]

My friend list consists of Jabba and tim.

[sturdy pike]

How come you and I aren't added on discord? I've sent a friend request just now

[sick lance]

I don't add anybody.

[rapid merlin]

neither do I

[sick lance]

I don't want people to see the rooms I'm doing. 😄

[sinful moon]

Also thankfully my legal name is nigh impossible to find data on

[rapid merlin]

same, my full name is so so so common lol

[sinful moon]

There’s too many other women with my exact name and I’m dramatically lost in the shuffle

mhmm

[sturdy pike]

my legal name is unique

and I don't like anyone finding it

[rapid merlin]

my first, middle, and last names are all super common english first names lol

[sturdy pike]

so even if I wanted to hide in the forest, I can't, as I'm still a cookie in the forest

[wooden totem]

Damn everyone got a valentine except for me

[carmine tinsel]

My name is an unusual spelling of a common name

[sick lance]

Yeah, it E-mails you.

[carmine tinsel]

I’m dropping OSINT hints 🙃

[sturdy pike]

aye, I'm not having any valentine either

[wooden totem]

Alright what... it's snowing

[rapid merlin]

that is some excellent privacy advocacy

I only ever added a coworker who worked in cybersecurity

[sick lance]

Roses are red 🌹
Violets are blue 💙
Secure your data. 💻
Or Hackers will too 🥷

[sturdy pike]

Ah yes, then I have the name of @carmine tinsel it seems

[rapid merlin]

and they were so paranoid to not add me, even though we meet for coffee on the regular 😄

[carmine tinsel]

Well I’ll make sure to never get into an internet argument with you

[mellow gull]

Always mention the name doxxing too late smh

[sinful moon]

meanwhile my co-worker is forever stuck on Linux Fundamentals 3, never again to progress lol

I tried lol

[sick lance]

I remember I did add somebody, they complained because it did give out their name, yet had all their socials linked in their profile.

[sinful moon]

(more got distracted and never came back than anything else)

[sturdy pike]

lmfao don't worry, I keep secrets well

[mellow gull]

Social links are statistically way more dangerous to your identity than a name drop unironically

[rapid merlin]

ya it is hard to rob people of problem solving, a helper has to witness people sitting in being stuck

[sturdy pike]

add me, I'll send a friend request to you

[sick lance]

I'd rather not. 🙂

[rapid merlin]

yet a helper makes a person not alone being stuck

[sick lance]

Right now, private rooms aren't hidden from the view.

[rapid merlin]

if that makes sense

[sturdy pike]

Who said on THM, I'm talking about discord

[sinful moon]

I do mean they’re not literally stuck, just too busy with work and not wanting to commit otherwise

[rapid merlin]

ah! so you wished they would align with you?

[sinful moon]

Too bad though, she’s our official network admin

[wooden totem]

You ever google it

[sinful moon]

Yeah, closest thing I have to a work friend among the tech pool

[rapid merlin]

awww, I love that connection you share

I fully understand

[sinful moon]

mhmm, she helped me with some buying decisions for router tech today so that was nice

[mellow gull]

I've noticed a surprising amount of tech people are terrified of the CLI and it's so funny

[sturdy pike]

My linkedin profile is the first one to come up

[shut hawk]

Absolutely agree, https://www.volunteeramnestyday.net/

[sinful moon]

I’m getting a Unifi Gateway Max as my new router, we already have three Unifi APs which predate me moving in… but lol with this I’ll be taking over admin of the home network which is a long time coming

[rapid merlin]

when I did tech support I used to call it the big black box, which I realize today how not intuitive that experience was

MS-DOS box

[wooden totem]

At least you didn't make a mistake of having your paypal account public with the same username that you use online but paypal revealing real name

[sinful moon]

I was suprised when even she was like “I looked at these Linux commands we were supposed to run and it was like another langue to me”

[sturdy pike]

I once used cmd to retrive password of my wifi in my school class, the IT teacher disconnected the projector and told me not to do it again. It was a fun showcase but the teacher was paranoid it seems

[sturdy pike]

lmfao

[sinful moon]

And that’s how I setup a Linux host for our hospitality TVs

[carmine tinsel]

It took me an embarrassingly long time to remember what CLI stood for bruh

[sinful moon]

simple docker compose setup that was provided by the OEM, although they still need to get back to us about what’s broken lol

(it’s probably networking since they were extremely unclear there)

[rapid merlin]

"it's a unix system, I know this" hacker culture 🙂

[sick lance]

Is that because you've visitied it?

Tried with a an incognito window?

[sinful moon]

That is more or less one of the roles I fufill in this job lol

[carmine tinsel]

this making me feel like a computer genius for taking an intro to Linux class

[sinful moon]

I was actually stunned when the boss knew at least enough vim to do basic tasks

[mellow gull]

If you know even basic Linux you're in like the top 90th percentile of the population.

[grizzled void]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-who-tenth-doctor-ten-hello-hi-gif-15454636

[rapid merlin]

impressive

[sinful moon]

Yeah, yet he had to ask me how to manually install a .deb package

[tropic ice]

its crazy how much can change if you starting using linux on daily basis 0m0

[sturdy pike]

3rd in the incognito window, luckily there's a common name which is similar to mine so they're coming up first.
Can I add you on Discord?

[wet sapphire]

I’m a bit late to this but WHATTT?

[mellow narwhal]

damn, only 10% of the world knows Linux

[wet sapphire]

I prefer it

[carmine tinsel]

I gotta wow my non techy acquaintances by typing ls -l

[sinful moon]

less than that

[rapid merlin]

Fun fact; my wife is closely related to the guy created the Ruby language.

[rapid merlin]

tech can be like swiss cheese, a director of IT asked me if I used a salt in our crypto, yet then asked for help copying files from a server to a desktop

[mellow narwhal]

https://tenor.com/q49yF2a9FkC.gif

[sick lance]

I'd rather not, my friend list is mainly THM staff, mods and uni peers.

[sturdy pike]

Pretty good stuff.

[carmine tinsel]

good job

[sturdy pike]

No worries then

[rapid merlin]

Nice work cooks!

[rapid merlin]

nice work 🎉

[carmine tinsel]

wat learning path r u doing

[upper minnow]

Hewwo

[carmine tinsel]

hi :3

[sturdy pike]

Thanks guys! Will be back after lunch, till then have a cookie 🍪

[rapid merlin]

we should nickname you just COOKIE

mods ^

get busy

[sinful moon]

Consider there’s a relatively small population that actually handles all of the world’s Linux/*nix servers, and then about 2.8% of users actually using Linux… that count probably inflated due to me thinking of Steam survey numbers, and thus, Steam Deck

[ancient mirage]

i'm in the tryhackme.com/room/capabasics , and the site froze, and now it's blank white, what happend?

oh, now it work nevermind.

[rapid merlin]

The number is alot larger than that.

[sinful moon]

nope!

[rapid merlin]

Androids are linux based.

[sinful moon]

and Android does not count

[tropic ice]

At least its growing right ?

[sinful moon]

haha called it

[rapid merlin]

It does count though.

[rapid merlin]

that is the best technology lesson of the day for me 👍

[sinful moon]

Ask an Android user if they know Linux or can even change directory in term, good luck with that

[rapid merlin]

They dont have to kow it .

They are still using it.

[upper minnow]

Yea android doesn't count

[sick lance]

That doesn't change the fact Android is linux?

[rapid merlin]

^

[sick lance]

You don't have root privs on Android by stock, so there is no need to know how to cd.

[sinful moon]

It does not, but it also doesn’t actually increase the amount of people who “know” linux

[sick lance]

As 99% of the time the standard android user won't have a terminal.

That's like saying the amount of people who use embedded devices aren't using os X

[mellow gull]

The question wasn't "how many people knowingly or unknowingly use Linux" the question was "how many people even know how to use Linux," as in, the CLI interface.

[sick lance]

Using Linux is more than just a CLI.

[sinful moon]

Sure Linux is by far the most popular operating system in the world, but that doesn’t help when no one knows how to actually administrate typical Linux machines, or even feel comfortable using them on the daily

[sick lance]

It's not the only OS to use a CLI.

[sinful moon]

No one said it was

[sick lance]

How many Windows users know how to use their terminal by standard.

[sinful moon]

Powershell is lovely if overly verbose

[mellow gull]

It feels like an expansion of the question meant to intentionally conflate its intent.

[grizzled void]

anyone else have THM die on them?

[rapid merlin]

people don't know the terminal on Windows because Windows was designed to be based on documents, visual paper objects, which the terminal was designed to be IO based, like streams/unix, and PowerShell tries to be both 🙂

[sinful moon]

Well to be fair on the Windows side, even a Windows Power User is ill-equiped to actually administrate Windows enviroments compared to Linux Power Users

[finite idol]

Is site having a hard time or it just me?

[rapid merlin]

not just you brotha'

[mellow narwhal]

Lots of systems run on UNIX, doesn't mean people are familiar with the basics. Not just CLI, also general functionality of the OS itself

[sick lance]

#site-support please

[sinful moon]

Windows and Microsoft actively withhold the actual administrative tools you’d need to do things sensibly unlike Linux, but fair they have a profit motive to do so

[rapid merlin]

it was an interesting challenge imo, designing a CLI for a document/object based system

[sinful moon]

I’m kinda going on a tanget, but that was the most rude awakening for getting into IT

[mellow narwhal]

even some traffic signals and toothbrushes run on Linux, apparently 🤣

[sinful moon]

Linux admin is easy, you’re probably already doing it

Windows admin takes a good bit of learning of systems you’ve never interacted with before

[rapid merlin]

I quit vaping a week ago after 20+ years of smoking/vaping.

[carmine tinsel]

nahhh toothbrushes 🙃