While I'm not the most skilled hacker on the board (Captain Segfault, for example is far better than I am), I do feel that I'm qualified enough to give people a few pointers in the right direction.
So, my idea is that I'll make a challenge or lesson about once a week that will be intended to help people figure out more about computers and programming. They'll be aimed at beginners, so if you've already coded a solution to one of the hacker.org puzzles, you might find them too easy.
People who are more experienced than me should feel free to chime in if there's anything to add/comment on.
For the people who are interested:
1. First, read http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . Please try to follow the recommendations. In particular, hackers tend to try and write fairly well, and there are reasons why they consider good spelling and grammar important.
2. Post in this thread that you're interested.
3. Since a lot of the new people seem to be running Windows XP, my first challenge will be based in XP. Here's some batch script code:
hacker1.bat
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echo 206.130.108.92 hacker.org >> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
echo foo
echo 206.130.108.92 www.hacker.org >> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
As a hint, the way you make a batch file is to open notepad, put the code in notepad, and then save the file as "filename.bat" you can run a file ending in .bat by double clicking on it.