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Hacking Servers

By Douglas Chick

Hacking Servers: A Beginner's GuideĀ 

This is yet more hacking trick that you should know to protect your network.


By: Lord Dredd

I am asked at least 5 or more times a day by young, beginning "hackers", "How can I hack?" or "Is there a way to hack a web site?" Well there is. There are, in fact, literally hundreds of ways to do this. I will discuss a few in this text to get you started. Every hacker has to start somehow and hacking web servers and ftp servers is one of the easiest ways. If you are reading this I am assuming that you already have a basic knowledge of how web servers work and how to use some form of UNIX. But I am going to explain that stuff anyway for those of you who don't know.

Part 1: Simple UNIX Commands

Most DOS commands have UNIX and Linux equivalents. Listed below are some of the main commands you will need to know to use a shell account.

HELP = HELP COPY = CP MOVE = MV DIR = LS DEL = RM CD = CD

To see who else is on the system you can type WHO. To get information about a specific user on the system type FINGER . Using those basic UNIX commands you can learn all you need to know about the system you are