The course I have been working on for a while now, known as “Pentesting with Perl” was released for the first time this year at BlackHat 2010 in Las Vegas. There was a ton of quality content that I put into the course including many of the techniques I have developed to automate the tedious tasks that need to be performed when conducting a penetration assessment.
What made the course unique was that all of the examples were based on useful techniques that I use on a daily basis. Many people learn best by using example, so I built the course to leverage practical examples when explaining the theories of using Perl.
For example, I built a script which processed a PDML file and coverted the ASCII codes using a hash. This a better example than just using something like: (apple => red, orange => orange), because it demonstrates value which can be applied immediately.
Based on the feedback we received, it looks like people really enjoyed the course. The only thing that the students wanted to change is to have more time for the labs. Therefore, I’m sure I will be teaching this training again but using a two day format instead of one. Pentesting with Perl was a great success and it’s only gonna get better! Ph33r!
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Joshua "Jabra" Abraham 