Douglas I know how hard it can be to pick things like this up, incidentaly I live in VABeach you might want to check out www.itpa-hr.org go ahead and register and come on out to the meeting this Thursday, I'm sure that you can at least talk to some more people and do a little personal networking. If you need any help (software ect.) drop me and email.
Andrew Shumate (A+, MCP) Hampton Roads ITPA Webmaster > -----Original Message----- > From: Douglas Pichardo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 10:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Please help a young aspiring security professional > > > Revered security professionals: > Hi, my name is Douglas Pichardo and I am 16 years old. > I live in Virginia > Beach, Virginia (USA), and I am in the 10th grade. I have > been a member of > this discussion list for several months, trying to learn all > I can about the > world of security, which I have a strong interest in. This > last summer, when > my interest popped up, I spent several hours almost every day reading > webpages about every security topic that I could read about > and understand, > but at that time I was using Windows 98 and was unable to > really get into and > play around with any of the information I learned, and > decided to get an OS > that would allow me to - either Linux or Windows 2000, and > Windows 2000 is > too expensive. For Christmas, I got SuSE Linux 7.3 > Professional, <u>Hacking > Linux Exposed</u>, and <u>Linux System Administration</u>, as > these all had > good reviews in various places and I did not like Mandrake > 8.1 which I had > burned on CD and previously installed. > Well, to the point: I would like to try out security > things like firewalls > and such and be exposed to the internet (I'm behind a Linksys > Cable/DSL > router with NAT), but I don't feel anywhere near > knowledgeable enough. What > I'm looking for is a internship of sorts, and I was wondering > if either: (a) > by some chance some of you know companies in Virginia Beach, > VA, that would > take me "under their wing", or (b) any of you know of any websites or > companies that might have information about local internship > programs in the > security/administration field. I am looking for a learning > opportunity - a > free one - where I could gain experience (the SANS and other > conferences are > too much money and travel for me at age 16). I would greatly > appreciate any > help that you would give me as an aspiring security > professional. Thank you > in advance, and also thank you for reading all of this - I > can get wordy :-) . > > Sincerely, > Douglas Pichardo > > P.S. I'm not some teenage wanna-be hacker; I truly only want > to get into the > security field, not the "counter"-security field. And just in > case the fact > that I'm writing this at 10:30 AM might contribute to the > stereotype, I have > no school today; we have about 3 inches of snow and the whole > area has shut > down as if it were 3 feet. > > P.P.S. Are there any other books on Linux administration or > local/network > security that you recommend? >
