resources for learning hacking

Before we continue onto basic of hacking let me tell u a secret. Hacking cant be learned by spoon feeding. You should have a strong will to learn it. It requires a vast knowledge of the Internet , networking and a good experience in the field of IT. These r the prerequisites to be an expert hacker. Even if you dont have these still u can be a hacker. But such hackers r called SCRIPT KIDDIES. Anyways let me tell you some resources from where you can learn hacking.

• BOOKS
  

books r of course an important source of knowledge. There r many books related to hacking which you can either buy or download it for free. Most of us prefer to download it for free. You can get them in e book format from some torrent sites or find out by googling.

• MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

read some magazines related to security and hacking.

• ZINES AND BLOGS

There r many zines nd blogs available on Internet. Find out some

• FORUMS AND MAILING LISTS

forums and mailing lists are not searchable through search engines. But still you may find some.

• WEBSITES AND CHAT

Find out more information from websites related to security and hacking.
Also chatting with some of the hacker may help you a lot. Like i told earlier use IRC chat and join some channels and groups.

• P2P

peer to peer is a network inside the internet. Instead of many local computers communicating with each other through a centralized, remote computer, the computers in P2P network communicate directly with each other. Torrent is one of such example where you can download and share many softwares and tools.