Unfortunately some of the tools are not accessible due to their graphic nature. If they were, I would have a lot of fun with my neighbours. For example, I would leave my Wi-Fi unsecured and have a good time taking over anyone's system that tried to use it. I wouldn't do anything harmful, just have fun changing the desktop background, altering fonts etc. Now another fun area is social engineering. When I took a security course, the instructor was often contracted by various organisations to see how far he could get. I told him that if he used a guide dog he would find that he would be able to get a lot further into the different companies. Often when going to a new place without even trying it is amazing where I would end up at times. These were places that visitors and guests would not normally get into. Vic Pereira   Project Manager,  Networks and End-Users Branch Shared Services Canada / Government of Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tel: 204-781-5046   Gestionnaire de projet, Direction des réseaux et des utilisateurs finaux Services partagés Canada / Gouvernement du Canada vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tél: 204-781-5046   -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Darragh Ó Héiligh Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 03:38 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Ethical hacking courses Hello, I'm thinking of doing an ethical hacking course. I'm interested in if others on this list have attempted such a course, have the exams been accessible and what provider has been good in terms of good material. I know I'll have to find a certification path locally. Thanks _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

I took a course like that at the local technical college. The instructor allowed me to substitute linux equivalents for all the Windows objects in the course. My job has nothing to do with Windows as almost all scientific computing is done with linux. So the instructor let me use a linux packet sniffer, for example, instead of a Windows packet sniffer. When the assignment was to hack the administrator password on a Windows machine, he let me hack the root password on a linux machine instead. I had to find all the equivalents myself but in the end he said he might have learned as much from me as I did from him. Having said that though, the class didn't help me keep our machines that much more secure. The reason is that the first thing you learn in a class about security is that the vast majority of breakins are accomplished by tricking a user into giving up their password. It has next to nothing to do with technology. And that has certainly been my experience. Sometimes I feel as if I'm wasting my time securing our machines when people are handing out their passwords to everyone who asks. On 08/03/2016 03:38 AM, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:

Hello, I'm thinking of doing an ethical hacking course. I'm interested in if others on this list have attempted such a course, have the exams been accessible and what provider has been good in terms of good material. I know I'll have to find a certification path locally.

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