Welcome to Grey Hats at Manoa. This serves as a document for getting involved.
Before you can participate in any official events you'll need to do a bit of paperwork. Downlaoad, fill out, sign, and turn in our Code of Conduct form to Gerald Lau.
For Fall 2016, we meet every Monday 4:30pm at Keller 105, exluding holidays. Go through the double doors on the first floor. It'll be the last door on the right. If the door isn't open, knock. If no one answers, we're not there yet.
Slack is what we use for the majority of our communications. You can download the desktop client or use the web app.
Slack Channel: greyhatsuhm
You'll need a hawaii.edu email address to join on your own, but you can email us for an invitation if you don't have one.
Some of the materials and projects we work on will be hosted on Github. We have created an organization to organize some of our assets.
Google Calendar
Check our our calendar in a browser, or use the address below to add it to yours.
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/greyhats%40hawaii.edu/public/basic.ics
Facebook Page
Like us on facebook for events invites, get updates as they happen, and to help spread the good word.
Mailchimp
Join our mailing list for regular newsletters
The following are some essential skills to help you get started.
How to Become a Hacker
Being a hacker isn't about stealing everything and causing chaos, but about solving challenging problems in interesting ways. The following short video will give you the right mindset.
Command Line
The command line is what hackers use to interact with programs, so get comfortable with it.
Codecademy Bash Beginners Course
Programming Language
Learning the basics of at least one programming language is essential. C/C++ is common in hacker challenges, but Python is an excellent place to start.
Codecademy Python Beginners Course
Netowrking
Get familiar with the basics of networking and how the internet works.
Networking Tutorial for Beginners
Linux
Linux is the quintessential hacker operating system. There are a lot of distributions, though Kali has a lot of bells and whistles, Ubuntu is a good to one to get your feet wet with.
Check out Linux Journey to learn about the operating system in detail, and use ANCL mirror's hosted in the Pacific Ocean Science and Technology building for faster downlaods of OS images and repositories.
Now What?
Capture the Flag is the game of hackers. Check out this article and this site to find websites to practice at, and see what tools you'll need to succeed.
We also have a self contained course that we're able to give to you to review on your own time, off-line, if you aren't going to have regular internet access, or just want a more structure experience. Just ask us and we'll send you the download link.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or revisions to this document, feel free to contact us at greyhats@hawaii.edu.