That's when you roll the tape on record and get all the information you need to login. 3.6 Programming Programming is important to your hacking career. You cannot become a hacker without learning how to code. When you code, you make the program do what you want it to do, you tell it what to do and how you want to do it. You can make various programs such as crackers, exploits, scripts, etc.
Programming is very, very important.
After you have learned Linux or UNIX, make your programs, test them and BANG, you made your first program. 3.7 Cracking Sometimes Social Engineering does'nt always work, so there's always another option. On Linux or UNIX systems rather, you can get the .passwd file and crack it. There are many methods of cracking. However, I will explain some methods of cracking.