Network, recon, Linux, escalation - the foundation before host operations
IP, subnets/CIDR, ports, TCP vs UDP - how a network is built
Open topicHow names become addresses; subdomains as attack surface
Open topicCommon ports and services; what an "open port" means, banners
Open topicPassive OSINT + active enumeration: gather quietly, then probe
Open topicnmap basics: open/closed/filtered, service versions
Open topicIngress/egress, stateful, host/network/cloud - how filtering shapes the attack surface
Open topicFilesystem, users, permissions, processes - getting oriented on someone else's host
Open topicrwx, owner/group, SUID/SGID - why permissions are a vector
Open topicReverse vs bind shell; how to get and stabilize a shell
Open topicWhere creds live, what a hash is, offline cracking basics
Open topicFrom user to root: sudo, SUID, cron, writable paths, the kernel
Open topicHow it all links up: recon -> access -> privesc -> root
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