For programming, in this life I learned in this order: GW-BASIC, QBasic, QuickBasic, Turbo Pascal, Assembler, and C++, and I'm now trying to write portable code, etc. You should be able to call Interrupts in QBasic, there is a library on the Internet which does the trick. This is to answer the question "Teacher, why doesn't QBasic have Interrupts", well, because Microsoft used it as a marketing strategy for you to know QuickBasic without giving you its full power.
At 01:13 p.m. 30/12/2001 -0500, Jack McCarthy wrote: >This is directed towards all who work or have working knowledge and experience in the >Internet/network security field. I am a firm believer in the rule, "Learn from the >mistakes of others. You won’t live long enough to make all of them yourself" for >that is the purpose of this post to learn from those who have gone through this >before or who are currently going through it whatever that 'it' may be. > > >Basic questions/thoughts: > >What would be the best way for someone to go about laying a solid foundation of >knowledge in the Internet/network security field - (specifically areas like intrusion >detection, scanning, firewalls, forensics, incident response and "The Honeynet >Project" like topics.) For example, if you had the ability to go back and learn it >again (do it all over again), how would you go about it? How would you do it >differently? In what order would you have studied the different >subjects/technologies? Does learning one subject/topic hinge on the ability to learn >another? If so, what would you learn/study first? Programming languages? Which >ones? In what order? What did you do to attain the knowledge you have? Would you >have done it differently? If so, how and why? > >For someone who already works in the IT field, has a strong interest in security and >wants to seriously pursue this field, what are the steps they should take in order to >get going on the right path the solid path, the one with no shortcuts? I am >currently reading everything I can get my hands on (picked up 'Know Your Enemy' the >other day), just want to make sure I lay a solid foundation to build upon. > > >Grateful for the guidance, > >-Jack
