Penetration Testing (step by step or freeflow?)

[red0x]

love the humor!

i take it i'm on my own here?

at least give me a project to work on (ie, a crackme type thing) and maybe walk me through it if you are nice.

ps: the last thing i want is a script kiddie info session. how about something real. ;)

--red0x

[simon]

or a shovel...

[red0x]

actually, yes. but i'm not deep enough yet. anyone wanna lend a hand?

[Xp0nential]

the answer is

a lot of knowledge. deep and detailed.
does that ring a bell?

[red0x]

Hope some uberhackers read the newbie forum and take pity:

I posted something like this in the computer security forum, but here it goes anyway.

When penetration testing a single host, what steps does one usually follow. Or, is it more of a freeflow of ideas, try this, that didn't work, so try this. I would think the latter is alot more "noisy" than a carefully planned and researched attack patern. Anyone comment here?

--red0x:)

BTW: i'm at red0x@ieee.org with this [huge assed] PGP key (its the attachment)