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• Re: Cybersecurity Journey

  KevinCSmallwood

  February 5
  After you feel comfortable using the Linux command line (this course), look into the Kali Linux distribution for a lot of pen testing and security tools all part of a Linux distribution.
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• Re: Cybersecurity Journey

  KevinCSmallwood

  March 11
  I agree 100%! Security is a broad field affecting so many parts of a system. A well-versed cybersecurity practitioner should know programming (and secure programming practices) along with understandi…
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• Re: Cybersecurity Journey

  KevinCSmallwood

  February 6
  I know there are various books on Kali Linux; there are probably some web sites, too. Kali Linux is based on Debian Linux (which is the base for Ubuntu). Kali is just another distribution of Linux. W…
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• Re: Oracle Virtualbox - running Ubuntu on a mac host

  KevinCSmallwood

  February 6
  Thanks for the update! Sorry that you have an "old" machine. Sigh. I hope you can find an inexpensive x86-based machine. I wish I could have helped more.
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• Re: Just Starting the Course - Question

  KevinCSmallwood

  November 2024
  Steve, the choice is yours. Ubuntu LTS (like 22.04 or 24.04) is pretty easy to use. CentOS 8 (or CentOS 9) is used by a lot of companies that don't like things changing quickly (quickly is a relative…
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