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Trouble Spots
Trouble Spots
Common trouble areas people will mention when preparing for this exam include some of the following, which you may want to spend a bit of extra time preparing:
- Laws related to hacking
- The hacking methodology; i.e., the steps to hacking and what is being done when (and why!)
- Common ports for services and malware
- TCP flags, their order, purpose and usage
- ICMP types and codes
- Linux tools for hacking and defending
- Cryptography in general (symmetric, asymmetric, hashing, etc.)