How to be penetration tester? (Computer Security Specialist?)

I have decided to keep my originality about all postings here. Internet is such a nice place to find information and share knowledge. I completely agree with that. However, sometimes I feel so bad that I don't write anything about my postings when I just copied and pasted somebody's useful information/postings.

At this posting, I would like to cover how to start as web penetration tester and how to be recognized by other professionals in same field.

First of all, I recommend you to visit OWASP web page.
(the free and open application security community)


http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page


And then, please visit following website for getting security basic information.

http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_CAL9000_Project

Just download that project and unzip it.
You can find a lot of cheat sheets over there.
Those are very useful information for starter/beginner/wanna be security-professional.


After that, I would be SED/AWK guru who can analyze logs shortly.
That's the best way for you to get recognition from others.
They will respect you after noticing your fantastic analyzing and solving issues skills.


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