gab-i-alves

[gab-i-alves]

my top hobbies are shame and embarrassment but i also occasionally dabble in envy

[gab-i-alves]

log #002 | something something

quick update: I finished tier 0 free machines from htb and let me tell you, it's kinda weird but I found them so addicting, when you get the grasp it's so fun to learn how to do it, and not just reading something and taking notes

speaking of taking notes, I developed a system similar to the one I used on my now retired old laptop with linux, but, instead of using doom-emacs, I downloaded obsidian, since I thought it would be the more similar program available on windows, and connected with a github repository, so now at the end of each day I just commit all the changes, nice and simple

I woke up earlier than usual, 'cause I'm so excited for the launch of a course, but then the site crashed and now its showing the 403 error lol, I'm really not surprised since it's made by the government and they all are famous for crashing when you most need it

I guess, I will continue the htb labs while waiting for the site to comeback, thats all for now, bye!

here, is the link of the said government course, Its the very first time they are doing something this big and everyone has high hopes for it (its in PT-BR, use the translator)

[gab-i-alves]

log #001 | the key is a strong foundation

as planned, I started the HTB initial machines, until now I have only completed the meow machine, and it was way more easy than I expected, there was a walkthrough document and I peek it whenever I got stuck

for the second machine, the fawn, I was going to challenge myself to try to do it without the looking at the walktrough doc, but then the htb labs site wasnt opening on my vm (even tough it was fine on my own laptop)

so, instead of waisting time on this, I started the linux fundamentals on htb academy and spend a good four hours on it

even tough I already had experience with linux in college and on my personal machine, it was a bit challenging, I guess it was because the amount of information that I was getting at once, but even so it was a good experience, I particularly liked the small challenges at the end of each topic that forced me to go back and read everything again and thus assimilate the content better

it was a good day and a good start with my studies, and I'm gonna take it with caution to not get to much caught up and end up burnout

thanks for reading and please excuse any spelling mistake, I'm improving my english a little bit everyday, bye!

[gab-i-alves]

january | htb challenge

to warm up and start the cybersec studies, I choose the hackthebox as the place for hands-on practice since it has a lot of free stuff with good quality

my plan is finish it all before february and balance with the cybersec course that its gonna be launched on 22 this month, lets see how it goes

the plan is very simple: im just gonna do all the starting point module free machines and the recommended courses on htb academy

for now, i will log my journey here on tumblr while i find a way of using the github commit grad as a form of accountability (i was thinking of making notes in markdown, but im still not sure)

thats all for now, have a good day!