Hi Friends, Welcome back to my blog, its been a year. Happy New year to All 🥳🥳🥳
As the calendar turns a new page, May your life be filled with story of success, love, and happiness.😍
I had recently completed Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) Certification.
I had already created a Youtube videoon it, but its in Tamil version. so I thought of creating a Blogpost for the same in English version.
My Objective towards CRTP:
Since I had already done with my OSCP Certification on December 2021, during that time there is no Active directory assessment involved in Exam, only AD contents are there as part of syllabus and it was introduced from Jan2022 exams.
So I feel like I was weak in Active directory Pentesting, then I searched in internet. I got many useful resources like Articles, blogposts, youtube videos in internet, but still CRTP syllabus covers latest tools, techniques, lab challenges, tasks etc. CRTP contents will be updated now and then for the students. so its kind of one stop solution to learn Active directory pentesting (Both Offensive and Defensive side) and to get knowledge on assumed breach assessment.
Preparation Guide:
Before enrolling to CRTP, I thought of settingup my own AD lab in my laptop to practice common AD attacks. John Hammond playlist was verymuch helpful for me to setup the AD lab environment.
And The Cyber Mentor also released a video on Hacking Active Directory for beginners in youtube
These two videos are like Gold mine, please make use of it for learning purpose.
As I told you before, I have an habit of reading more blogposts of others to understand their journey towards any kind of certifications or anything, We could learn how they managed their time, what all problems or obstacles they faced during that preparation phase.
After Im done with my self learning, I feel like im ready for CRTP Practice labs and exams, when I visited Altered Security Linkedin page, I was surprised by their diwali discounts on November 2023. Ya there was a 20% OFF on all the courses which they provide. so always keep an eye on their linkedin page.
I Actually opted for their On-demand lab course which has 30 DAYS LAB ACCESS + LIFE TIME ACCESS TO COURSE MATERIAL + ONE CERTIFICATION EXAM ATTEMPT.
If you want live training, they also have bootcamps where Author (Nikhil Mittal) will take you to each and every concepts, if you have any queries on bootcamp training you can ask directly. You can check the upcoming bootcamp schedule here – https://www.alteredsecurity.com/bootcamps
Once I purchased the ondemand lab course on Nov13, 2023, I had received an email like below:
So you will get 90days time to clear the CRTP Exam, but whenever your done with Course materials, you can ask adlabsupport team for Lab access to practice in lab environment and the Lab time for me is 30days which I opted during my purchase. If you need 60days or 90days you can also purchase it.
If you visit the https://adlab.enterprisesecurity.io/ and signin with your registered account, you will get all the details like Lab subscription details, Last date to attempt the exam, course videos links for download, Lab manual, Certification Exam, Flag verification, FAQ etc.
First thing first is download the Course videos to your local desktop or laptop and start learning !!!
From Nov13 2023 to Dec4, 2023, I was going through the course materials, recorded sessions, walkthrough videos and lab manuals. On Dec 5, 2023 I had requested for Lab access to adlab support team via email.
Then I got the response immediately within 2hours
You will get another notification in same day like belowfor Lab access is ready
You can access the lab environment from web portal link or you can download the VPN pack then connect to student machine using RDP. I personally used VPN + RDP to access student vm machine.
Try completing all the 23 Learning Objectives, submit the flags in Flag verification section. You need to submit 40 flags. It will be kind of parallel tasks, like doing the learning objective and submitting the flags.
Since I had 30days of Lab time. I spent around 2-4hours perday with my regular working job. Mostly I will sit for learning only on morning time (3AM to 7AM). It may vary depends on the tasks.
And Think Out of box like try different methods, techniques, because you will get this type of environment only on your real world assessments. You will be getting the Student VM credentials for login, it will be windows machine, from that you need to perform Privilege escalation, Domain Enumeration, Lateral movement, Persistance, taking domain admin, taking enterprise admin in short words.
I actually used One Note for Notetaking, because it will be really helpful during the exam time or during the exam revision time.
You will also get access to Bloodhound Web UI and Microsoft defender dashboard access, You can use bloodhound webui for lab practising, but during the exam you need to use the bloodhound which is setup in your hostmachine.
MDE Dashboard used to view the incidents & alerts which are created by us during learning objectives phase, its like triggering the attacks and seeing the incidents from a blue teamer perspective.
My Lab subscription end on Jan 4, 2024. Due to some personal reasons I had given some gap. And I haven’t given the exam after completing the lab time. Please don’t do the same mistake like me. Because after sometime, you will miss that learning flow. I again revisted my notes, lab manual a week before my exam day.
Exam Day:
There is no concept like scheduling the exam prior a week or month in CRTP, whenever you feel your ready you can take the exam.
On Mar 23, 2024, 9:44 AM, I thought of starting the exam. In https://adlab.enterprisesecurity.io/ portal if you click on Certification Exam tab, then click on setup exam lab. it will take time upto 15-20 minutes to setup the exam lab environment.
Once the exam started, you will also receive a notification email on Exam start date/End date and report submission due date.
You will get 25 hours in total, in that 1hour to setup the VPN + connecting to RDP Machine and transferring of tools, remaining 24hours for the actual practical exam. You can restart the VMs whenever you need and once your done with exam you can exit the exam. even if you kept aside, the exam will end automatically and you wont be able to access the exam lab environment.
So our objective to Compromise all 5 Machines and to take OS command execution.
I had actually completed the exam in 7hours of time frame started on morning 9:45AM to 5:00PM IST evening, March 23, 2024.
During the each steps of compromising I was parallely taking the notes and screenshots using Onenote. So after completion of exam, I had rechecked all the evidences are there for the reporting phase.
The Exam report must contain detailed walk-through of your approach to compromise a box with screenshots, tools used and their outputs. You are free to use any tool you want but you need to explain what a particular command does and no auto-generated reports will be accepted.
So I started the reportingfrom evening, 7PM IST and completed by 10AM IST, even though I had enough days to submit the report, I thought of completing it first. And went for sleep.
Then in next day morning(March 24, 2024), I had revisited the report, reviewed myself more than 3-4 times. It was around 42 pages. And I finalized the report to sent to Altered Security team.
You need to send the Exam report in PDF Format within 48 hours of completion of the exam to adlabsupport@alteredsecurity.com
Awaited for Results:
Since I done the Exam well and provided detailed report, I had the confidence that I will pass the CRTPExam. but as per above AD Lab Support team email, we need to wait for 7 business days !!!
I was keep on refreshing my gmail inbox day and night even in middle of the sleep to see the exam results. After waited for 4-5 days I felt like Mr.bean waiting for a vehicle in middle of the road.
And On April 1st which is 6th day evening, 4PM IST I had received an email with subject line (Certified Red Team Professional – Exam result)
I was super excited like this minions 🤩🤩🥳
On April 3, 2024, 4:47PM IST, I had received a email like below with Digital Certificate of CRTP
If you click on View my Certificate, it will redirect to this type of link:
Its a Super Cool Exam, Any one can try it even if your a begineer in active directory things, the materials provided by altered security team is more sufficient to begin with labs. I dont find any issues in Lab or Exam environment, it was stable. Use Blood hound properly, its a game changer, try different techniques if your stuck at something. Dont rely on same tool, try alternative tools& try different commands to compromise the machines.
I had created a Cheat sheet containing AD Rooms and Challenges to the people who are preparing for CRTP or beyond that.
We all are working in 9 to 5 job as a pentester or security consultant or anything for any organization, but we need to keep our self learning time very strict (atleast 2-3hours a day) to learn new technology, new threats, practising makes you better consultant.
Maintaining consistency in learning daytoday basis and keeping it as a discipline.
Set short 6months goals & try to acheive it.
Try to find a mentor, if your not good at making things on time for learning.
Take a break, go for some vacation and restart.
Spent more time with your family (Parents, Wife, kids) and with your friends too. because they are the life liners.
Help others and Give charity.
Thanks for taking your time and reading my blogpost, I hope you like it.
Bye friends !!! See you all in Next adventure stories. All the very best for your future!
Hi friends, Welcome back to my blog, it’s been while. after my OSCP journey 2021 we are meeting again. I’m Happy for you guys, I hope you’re doing well!!!
I had recently completed the CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA) & CREST Registered Tester (CRT) Certifications from CREST. And I had posted in my LinkedIn too.
After that, I received couple of messages from many Security professionals asking in DMs like “What is the procedure for crest certification, will you provide more details regarding crest, where to start, how to prepare, what are the learning materials available in internet, how much it costs and so on.”
This blogpost will definitely clarify your queries related to CREST CPSA/CRT certification.
Introduction
CREST is a not-for-profit organization that serves the needs of a technical information security marketplace that requires the services of a regulated professional services industry.
According to CREST, the CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA) examination is an entry level exam which focuses on testing/assessing Operating Systems, Networks, Application Services, and Web Applications using commonly available tools and interpret the results tolocate security vulnerabilities. The CPSA exam is actually a prerequisite for taking the CRT exam which is much harder than CPSA. The examination covers a common set of core skills and knowledge.
Eligibility criteria for CREST-CPSA-CRT
CREST-CPSA – Any Individuals can write CPSA exam.
CREST-CRT – In order to book the exam, the candidate must hold a valid CPSA pass, or you can also get CREST-CRT by Certification Equivalency Recognition Programme. CRT equivalency will be granted where the candidate has taken and passed the OSCP certification within three (3) years & you must hold a valid CPSA Pass certificate too.
Syllabus
Technical Syllabus for CREST Practitioner Security Analyst and CREST Registered Tester can be found in the CREST website itself. (CREST-CRT-CPSA-Technical-Syllabus.pdf)
Recommended Preparation Materials
Following are the reading materials recommended by CREST – Network Security Assessment (by O’Reilly, 2nd edition) – Hacking Exposed Linux – Red Team Field Manual (RTFM) (by Ben Clarke) – Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project (by Gordon Lyon) – Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning – Grey Hat Hacking (by Allen Harper, Shon Harris & Jonathan Ness)
If you have plenty of time, you can enroll for this learning path and its paid one, you need to complete 40modules.
How to Apply for CREST-CPSA Exam ?
➢ CREST CPSA is an offline exam and its proctored too cannot be done in online ➢ You need to write the exam in Pearson Vue centers in your nearest locations ➢ To Schedule the exam, visit https://home.pearsonvue.com/crest ➢ Create an account in Pearson Vue website, if you don’t have one ➢ Choose the Certification – CPSA: CREST Practioner Security Analyst ➢ Choose the exam centre near you ➢ Select the time slot for the exam (for Example: I had booked my exam on July 21st, 2023, 3PM IST) ➢ Pay the required fees for the exam, when I booked it was around USD 400 dollars & book the appointment.
➢ The CREST CPSA Examination is a multiple-choice written assessment with 120 questions
➢ Test Centre Session duration will be 2hrs and 30minutes ➢ But the Exam length will be 2hours. ➢ Note that your permitted maximum session time at Pearson Vue is 2.5 hours in total, allowing you time to read the Code of Conduct and also to provide feedback following the examination. ➢ Its a Closed book exam (Internet is restricted & No Materials are allowed during the exam) ➢ Successful candidates must score 60% of the available marks in each component. That is: at least 72 marks from the written component (possible total: 120 marks). ➢ Each multiple-choice answer is worth one (1) mark. No points are deducted for incorrect answers.
Preparation Tips
Before taking any kind of certification, I do have a habit on going through blogposts written by other Cybersecurity professionals. It will give you some hope & confidence to face any kind of exam or certifications. Every human has different views, how do they handle the situations like what mistakes they have done, Do’s & Don’ts etc. We can learn new things from them.
Below are the blogposts I referred during my preparation:
1) Soft Skills and Assessment Management 2) Core Technical Skills 3) Background Information Gathering and Open Source 4) Network Equipment 5) Microsoft Windows Security Assessment 6) Unix Security Assessment 7) Web Technologies 8) Web Testing Methodologies 9) Databases
I actually registered on June30th, 2023, so I had kept 20days time for my preparation. So that I can write the exam on July21st, 2023. So everyday atleast I had spent around 2-3hours of my time for studying CREST-CPSA apart from my regular working time.
I had also gone through some of the learning materials recommended by CREST – Network Security Assessment, RTFM, Cryptography, Nmap, AD etc. and searched in Internet, took more notes on each module.
Exam Day
Yep, Days passed, It’s my Exam Day. Everyone will have the same fear before facing any exam. But it is good to have. I had reached the exam centre 1hour before the scheduled time. I had taken all my original IDs like Passport, Pan card, Creditcard/debit card, driving license etc. It will be validated in exam centre with your name, you registered during the appointment booking. so better register the correct name without any spelling mistake which you have the same in all the ID proofs.
After signing the NDA & gone through CREST code of conducts.
The Exam time starts for me
Since its a Proctored exam you will be monitored, and an invigilator will be present throughout the examination. I answered every question which I know or which I don’t know, take 1minute for every question, don’t take more time on single question. Because I thought I have more time in the end, but the truth is you won’t have time until you stick with this rule (1minute/1question).
To be frank I had completed my exam in last 2minutes, which is not good. Because you need to have some time to review all your answers.
After completing the exam, you need to fill the surveys and feedbacks.
Exam Results
You are given your exam results right after you are done with the exam in a folded paper which shows your percentage and the end result whether you passed or failed.
I Passed the CREST-CPSA Exam !!!
Exam Review:
People may say it’s an easy MCQ exam, but still, you need to know the right answers from your day today job in cybersecurity, pentesting things and it all comes from your learning and experience. I would say go through the syllabus, take notes, don’t miss anything. You can also use this flashcards, study sets for learning – https://quizlet.com/search?query=cpsa&type=sets
How to Apply for CREST-CRT with OSCP Equivalency ?
I had received my CREST-CPSA digitally signed certificates through email on July 24, 2023. Once after I got the certs, I directly emailed to exambookings@crest-approved.org and before dropping an email, kindly go through this page (certification-equivalency-recognition-programmes)
Candidates who wish to have equivalent status granted will be required to submit evidence of their OSCP exam pass including their Security Certificate Holder Student ID & CPSA CREST ID to CREST for validation. Eligible candidates that submit an application for equivalency will be required to sign the CREST Code of Conduct for Qualified Individuals. CRT equivalency will be granted from the date that the CPSA qualification was issued.
The time from initial application to CREST CRT equivalency being granted is expected to be five (5) weeks.
Once your application is reviewed, you will be getting an email with Invoice and payment link to processing the fees. Candidates will be required to pay a £100 administration fee (or 150USD / 185AUD / 185SGD) which will cover the processing of their application. If this the administration fee is not paid within 30 days, the application will be declined and a new application will need to be submitted.
I had received my CREST CRT certificate in a day after doing the application processing fees.
Life Lessons
Be Calm.
Stay Motivated
Trust your learning process – Many people may fail in this one, and they got diverted to different things.
Identify your weakness and try improving them, that’s how you will become an expert in something.
Give your best every time.
Thanks for taking your time and reading my blogpost, I hope you like it.
Bye guys!!! See you all in Next Successful stories. All the very best for your future!
Hi Friends, Myself Mohammed Adam, I’m a Senior Security Engineer in Crossbow Labs LLP, Bangalore.
This blog is all about the events happened in my life between 2019 to 2021 which made me to pursue & complete the OSCP certification.
To do anything you need dedication, passion & verithanam (means rage).
It all Started from here !
In one fine day evening, me and my friends in group where we received a notification on May 15,2019. The blog title will be like Aravazhi’s Journey – From Nothing to OSCP. I thought like it’s a normal blog like others posting in social media. But when I entered into it, I was stunned.
It is a blogpost, about real story of Aravazhi Rajendran. Aravazhi struggled a lot in his life to attain this stage. He shown us that anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. His story tells about how he learned each things about computers, networking etc. And How he overcome from his struggles & became a Red Teamer now from a remote village.
Days Passed
Everyone has their own dreams & goals. And it will be achieved in 6months or a year time or 2yrs or 5yrs or 10yrs. But if you are not setting the limits for the goals. Days will pass away. And you need to have the same essence of motivation, passion against the goals in the same time frame. So that it drives you to achieve your goals.
As a Cybersecurity Engineer, our work won’t be like a 9AM to 5PM job. It’s all about service providing, securing our client organization assets, responsive to customer emails, kickoff meetings, onboarding calls, demo calls, testing, debrief calls, retesting, providing recommendations to customers, final deliverables, researching & learning new stuffs etc.
And 2019 ends, 2020 started with COVID19 Pandemic alerts in all parts of the world. I still remember I just came to see my parents on February 2020 1st week in Villupuram and thought of returning back to Bangalore on the next fine day. But I received a call from My Manager Rosan Thomas and he asked me ” Adam when are you planning to coming back to Bangalore ?” I said next day rosan. “No man please stay in your home only We are going to shut down our offline work, you can work from Remotely itself”
I was like Super happy, Working from hometown remotely is a blessed thing for all.
It’s like kuttan going for a long weekend from Bangalore to Kerala in Bangalore days movie:
Days passed, All our team members planned to prepare for OSCP certification. So we thought of going through theOSCP syllabus each ones by surfing the topics in internet. We gathered lots of blogposts links, YouTube videos for learning etc.
And daily we spent across like 1-2hours for discussion. This activity went for 1-2weeks only after that all stick with their daily routine jobs including me.
But still I have a desire to achieve OSCP cert in upcoming days.
Mentorship & Preparation
Since my team members are busy with works & not concentrating on OSCP.
I thought of searching for mentors in group. I asked Aravazhi “he told me to practice in HTB platforms on retired boxes from Easy to medium machines first, stick with HTB platform , root each machines in multiple ways, take notes, if your good enough then start hard and insane boxes“.
Then I spoke with my another mentor Pranav Venkat bro. He also a OSCP holder & Independent researcher. He first advised me that “OSCP is not like a Udemy course bro like listening – completing videos and getting certification, it’s a discipline, you need to have consistently learning habit, develop your skillset, you need to know how a windows or Linux or any OS works fundamentally, what are the attack vectors will suit for any kind of situation etc.”
Then he asked me what is your learning time Adam ? Early morning or late night ?
I said I’m good at early mornings bro like daily I wakeup at 3AM and study new things.
Then he told ok man, its good habit to wake-up early for learning. And he given me tasks like “Complete one machine a day in retired boxes, take notes, before every Friday EOD submit weekly reports and we will discuss on how you gone through it.”
Disclaimer:The boxes that are contained in this list should be used as a way to get started, to build your practical skills, or brush up on any weak points that you may have in your pentesting methodology. This list is not a substitute to the actual lab environment that is in the PWK/OSCP course. When you are taking the course, It is encouraged that you try to go through every system that is in the PWK/OSCP lab environment, as they will provide better insight for when you attempt to the exam itself. This list is not exhaustive, nor does it guarantee a passing grade for the OSCP Exam.
Even though my Current organization provides so many resources for learning new things.
I thought of purchasing Hackthebox VIP subscription for 60days & Started Hacking
For few initial boxes, I tired rooting it myself. After that I was stuck. Then I realized I was very weak in some concepts like Privilege escalation, enumeration techniques, buffer overflow, port forwarding, PowerShell and so on.
At the same time, TCM Academy – Heath Adams– TheCyberMentor Released New courses like below:
It is very helpful resources for me to stick with Hackthebox platform.
And I’m suggesting every OSCP Aspirants to read the following Blogposts, how other OSCP holders are done it:
I have completed my 60days of HTB practice. So I have confidence to enroll OSCP Labs + Certification Exam.
Due to Pandemic, there are some financial crisis in my family. I can’t afford $999 dollars it’s like huge amount for me. I have requested to the core team of my current organization, they have approved the same without any questions or delays. I’m very much thankful for them.
I have successfully enrolled in the Offensive Security Penetration Testing with Kali Linux online course on the 27th of November 2020. The course & Labs starts on the 6th of December 2020
You will be receiving the Course PDF & Video files in same time and date mentioned as per your wish on lab start date.
I have gone through the Videos materials first, it was very informative each and every concepts are explained very well. The pdf also will be in the same manner.
Then started practicing in OSCP Labs. I have purchased only 30days lab. If you need more time for preparation you can also take 60days or 90 days as per your convivence.
As I mentioned, I was very weak in Buffer overflow. Before one week of Exam day only, My another Mentor & Friend Abdullah teached me Buffer overflow concepts.
He just taught me in Single day. And after that I was keep on practicing buffer overflow on multiple targets
Tryhackme Platform has a room called bufferoverflowprep. Please have a look on it.
I have scheduled the Exam at 12:30AM On January 2021
I slept till 11PM and ready for the exam at 12:15am with my laptop & Government ID. As per the OSCP Exam guidelines we need to login into proctor portal before 15minutes with provided OSID and MD5.
Once we logged in, We need to enable the Webcam & Screenshare option, if your using more than one monitor you need to choose the same. Once it’s done.
Proctor will take you through some of few steps before exam starts. You need to very cooperative to complete those tasks soon.
We must achieve a minimum score of 70 points to pass the exam
In my first attempt:
Exam Timeline:
25 Points (buff) – I practiced very well, but I have taken 4hours to complete it.
10 Points – In another 5hours.
I’m able to Crack only 25 Points(Buff) & 10 Points boxes = 35 Points ( I Calculated Manually)
I tried my best, but I Give up at 11PM IST.
I failed in my first attempt 😢 Very Badly.
Even though I know I failed in Exam. I documented everything and Shared to offsec team.
Failures & Reattempts
After the report submission day, I received an email from Offsec team like this:
I was very sad. Bad day for me.
Few Mistakes I done are:
1) The time slot which I scheduled the exam is 12:30AM, I’m not a night owl. So this is the first time I’m participating in an exam in night. So I got like headaches and things which made me to give-up
2) I Know OSCP is an open book exam, Using Google surfing the websites or blogs or YouTube videos are allowed. So I thought all is available in internet. I thought I can do it. But I was weak in some enumeration techniques.
In the same day, My Manager Rosan messaged me in teams and asked for OSCP exam status, I told the same, I failed in my exam. I cracked only 2boxes. He told me “No worries man, we can try in next attempt”
2nd Attempt:
In January 2021 itself I purchased the Exam reattempt voucher. But after several postpone I Scheduled my Exam on June 2021. I practiced in HTB for 30days only. I attended the exam.
Exam timeline:
25 Points (Buff) – Rooted in 1 and half hour
20 Points – Rooted in Another 6hours
20 Points – Halfly completed in next 6hours
10 Points – Halfly completed in Next 4hours
25 Points – Not got anything – but tried something
But this time, I don’t give-up I was sitting for complete 23hours in the exam.
In my 2nd attempt I calculated manually myself: 25+20+10 = 55 Points
Again I failed, But I documented everything and shared to offsec team before next 24hours end.
Next day Email from Offsec Team:
Same Message I received from my manager, How is the exam going man ??
I failed this time also Rosan
No worries man chill, we can clear in next attempt !
This time I have some hope to clear this exam,
But full of Negative vibes from my parents, that why are you wasting your money in reattempts Adam.
You know right, your failing on that then why you are trying it again !
My wife(Jimmana Barvin) was pregnant at that time before August 2021, And she motivated me that you can do it Adam, but take some time practice well then do it in November or December 2021 after our baby born.
All Couples knows how the situations will be there in the Delivery time. We need to be Physically & mentally strong for anything that is going to happen.
After 6hours, got a message from Labour ward that they gonna do C Section for my wife.
After 1hour, My Boy Came to this world – His name is Mohammed Hafeez
Goal Setting Call Notifications:
In First week of October, One of my colleague running Goal setting program. I participated with my own interest. This Goal setting call is very helpful for me to frame my upcoming goals and break them.
Every year end, I tried to recap my own achievements and failures.
So I got some motivation from the Goal setting call, Year gonna end, are we met with the 2021 Goals or not !
From August 2021 to November 1st week of 2021, I was taking care of my wife and kid. And I told my wife that I gonna write my OSCP exam 3rd attempt on December 18, 2021. I Don’t want to be a Failed Father or Failed Son or a Failed Husband for you. I need to get success in this OSCP Challenge. So Im going to Villupuram to prepare myself for exam and write it on mentioned date. She said ok Adam, but come with Success news.
3rd attempt:
I again purchased my reattempt exam voucher which expires on May 2022, bought Hackthebox VIP subscription for 1month which expires in December 17, 2021.
So I need to practice well this time, and I felt “Adam this is your last & final attempt try harder to clear this challenge”
Waked up daily like 3AM, apart from my office hours, I practiced well.
Days passed, I’m entering into December 1st week 2021.
There is a notification coming from offsec team that, there is a Change in Exam pattern on Dec 1, 2021
I was like very shocked on seeing that, But the new exam structure will applies only from January 11, 2022.
So i thought of scheduling my exam soon in December 2nd week, When I opened the Exam scheduled link it shows only Exam slots are available from Jan 11, 2022. Literally all hopes are gone. Because for new exam structure I guess at least I need to practice against AD boxes like 2-3 months as per my understandings.
Next day Morning, Dec 2nd 2021, I just had some hope, let’s try now with Exam schedule link, Luckily I got a Slot available on Dec 5th 2021 – 7:30AM IST Sunday.
So I have 3days to brush-up & revise my skills to attend my Exam.
The Final Battle is here:
From Saturday night I don’t get much sleep, But I slept for 5hours exactly.
Sunday Morning, Exam started with same energy at 7:30AM IST
Exam timeline:
25 Points (Buff) – Rooted in 2hours
10 Points – Rooted in 1hour
20 Points – Rooted in 4 hours
20 Points – Rooted in 5 hours
25 Points – Half Completed.
So this time, I Completed All 4boxes in 12hours of time frame and spent rest of the time in 5th box which is halfly completed.
I have manually calculated like 25+10+20+20+10 = 85 Points
I know I passed this time. So I ended up my exam and slept at 10PM IST.
Next day Dec6, 2021 Monday – I waked up early morning at 5AM IST and started my reporting part.
Since I used One note while in exam, its easily for me to take the screenshots and words in a sequence form.
My Reporting part ends at 1PM IST – Almost I prepared my report in 8 Hours of time frame.
And Verified myself more than 5-10 times.
As per Offsec exam guidelines I have submitted my report to the team.
Once we submitted the report, we will be getting an automated acknowledgement email from offsec team like below:
Awaited results
I know I passed this time, But the waiting time for getting official results made me more crazy.
This time, before my manager ask me, I messaged him and told I cracked the Exam this time rosan.
“He told Nice man, Cool All the best da !”
From Dec 6th to everyday Morning, afternoon, night, I was keep on Refreshing my Gmail inbox.
I know the Failing emails will come in next day itself. But I was expecting the Passed email message this time from offsec team.
Days passed. On Dec 9th Early Morning 4:50AM IST, when I half waked up & seen the email from Offensive Security like this:
After seeing my name in Offsec email, You have successfully completed the Penetration Testing with Kali Linux(PWK) certification exam and have obtained your Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) cert.
Then I went to my Parents they were sleeping at that time, I told them “Mom & Dad I got an official exam results from offsec team I passed in My OSCP Exam. I Did it Mom I Did it’
Then I called to mywife via mobile and told “Jim Na Pass aagiten, Oru vazhiya na pass aagiten, ipo na OSCP holder jim, thank you so much Jim for being so supportive for me.”
This is not just a certification for me, it’s a challenge against me made myself to pass.
It’s happened only because of having good mentors, positive support from family members, positive vibes people around me.
This Blogposts dedicated to all My Mentors, Family Members, Friends, My Manager Rosan Thomas, Core team of Crossbow labs, My team members and to all OSCP Aspirants.
“Nothing is impossible in this world, We can do it & Break it anything”
Final thoughts on Mental health
1) Self-care is very important
2) Work life needs to have some balance
3) Don’t Stress yourself & burn out
4) Even if you fail, take a break, travel somewhere and reattempt again
5) Sleep well
6) Your health is more important for your family
Bye Guys !!! See you all in Next Successful stories. All the very best for your future !
Hi Friends, This is Mohammed Adam, Its been 2 years im not writing myblog properly. Now I came to write my new post – Which contains Some Memorable Moments & Adventures & falls of my life. If your new to myblog, kindly see my old post (https://adamlaskas24.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/a-glimpse-of-mylife-the-untold-story-of-mohammed-adam/). Dont worry this post will also be in Tenglish version. Chinna pasanga mathiri vilaiyaatu vaazhkanu poitu irunthathu !
Ippo Innaiki oru 10varam pona mathiri feel enaku, enna vena aagalaam, enna nadanthaalum pathukellamnu oru thagiriyam ulluku iruku !
PS: Oru blazer enakunu onnu vaanganumnu romba naala aasai, but ennala itha pottu paaka than mudinjathu – saravana stores, chennaila. But oru naal sonthama enakunu onnu vanguvennu nambikai iruku.
Ok Im having time machine with me in my brain, lets do some reverse engineering to go back to mylife.
How Technology Connects me & how I got my first Computer ?
Na oru 5th Standard padikumpothu, Computer Lab pathi soluvaanga teachers. Apolanthe enaku computerna oru thani virubam, Computernu sonna udan ennoda brain oru spark varum antha alavu interest iruku computermela. COMPUTER POINT – Lifela maraka mudiyaatha oru Idam. Windows OS, Paint, MSoffice ellame anga than therinjathu.
Apram oru 9th Standard apo, Appa kita kenji kuthaadi oru computer venum vaangi thaanganu ketu eppadiyo vaangiten. Second hand Personal computer than but apola online illa, ellame offline thaane, chennailanthu vanthathu. athu enga veetuku varavaraikume enaku nightla suthama thukkame varala. Antha alavu excitement, Namakunu oru computer varuthunu.
Oru 3AM alavula Computer vanthuchu. Vantha apram parcela pirichu manual book kooda illama eppadiyo connection koduthuten. Appa sonnaru naliki evening oru engineer varuvaaruda avaru vanthu unaku installation panni tharuvaarunu sonnaga. but no enaku theriyalanaalum na try pannuvenu solli koduthuten. aana kadasilaUPS sound koduthoniye payanthu apadiye off panni vachuten. Engineer uncle vanthaaru same evening, na panni vachuruntha connectionla paatharu. Paiyan correcta thane koduthurkaanu appa kita sonnaga. Enakaa kaiyum odala kaalum odala avaru apadi sonniye. Apram than theriyum Namba mela fault illa UPS mela than faultnu. Kila irukura picturela left sidela irukarathu than ennoda SUPER COMPUTER.
Ennoda Super Computer – Configuration is Windows XP OS – INTEL PENTIUM 4 – 512MB RAM – 100GB of Harddisk – 1.0GHZ cycle speed. Enna mathiri oru paiyanuku Computer kidaikarathe oru Treasure thaan. athu entha configurationla iruntha enna ? Ennoda dreama matum illama enna mathiri pala 90’s kids ku computer verum kanavave irunthathu! namakunu onnu kidaikaathanu nariya peru yengi nane pathurken.
Apola No internet connection, I was not connected with this world. first intha computera explore pannuvomnu, ovoru partsa kazhitu therijukiten. Bootloaderna enna, OS na ennanu theriya vanthathu. Aaana ennoda harddisk 100gbla yen C drive matum 30-40GB caputre panni vachurukunu ? athu eppadi ennoda storagela Na ethume vaikaama 30GB C drivela irukumnu thonuchu. athanaala C drivea delete pannitu. night apadiye paduthuten. adutha naal enthuruchu PCa ON panna ? Bootloaderku apramCHKDSK missingnu onnu vanthathu enna panrathune theriyala! Login Screenkullave pogala !
Then Appa avanga friend muliyaama oru annakita solli pondylanthu vara sonnga, avanga enkita investigate pannaga. antha anna peru BABU. daei thambi ennada pannanu ketanga. onnu illa na C drivela enaku theriyama filesla store aagiruku delete panennu sonen. athuku apram than avaru explain pannaru thambi namba OSla than PC run aaguthu – system files & ne install panra software files ellame anga thaanda store aagum athanaala athula kaivaikaathanu sonnaru. athuku apram hardware, Software, system peripheral devices pathi School bookla padika start panen. athuku apram oru 10 times os poten, LG DVD RW-R mathinen, then USB 4port ullatha install panen ennoda Super Computerla. Then Babu Anna than enaku Yahoo mailidyume open panni koduthaaru, aaana na useye pannala internet illathathaala.
Oru 2010 vaakula, COMPUTER ULAGAMnu oru Puthagam irukunu theriya vanthathu engaluku. athu monthly publishing pannuvaanga. ipo ulagathula irukura technology, software upgradation, Internet connectivity, SMS, MMS, Gmail, Software purposes ithu ellame antha bookla monthly varum athukooda oru CDla latest softwares varum athanaale naanga Internet centresku porathu illa.
Apram na adampudichu Appakita ketu oru Mobile vanganen, antha mobile peru
GFIVE U808 2010 Handset.
Specification like: No Android, Only manufacturer Os. Only External memory, 2G GPRS, Sensor resolution 3.0, SMS, FM Radio, 2Megapixel Camera with no digital Zoom.
Oru naal oru kalyanathuku naanum enthambiyum ponom, apo saptu mudichutu manamakkaluku parentsoda giftla koduthutu. velila vanthu summa mobile vachutu settings poi, gprs enable panni vittom. taknu mobilea iruntha browsera theriyama kaiya vachutom. Athu oru default home pageku load aachu. https://www.google.co.in .
We felt like anything man, velila kathaatha kurai thaan. dae thambi namba interneta pathutomdanu. aana ennoda thambi athu googlenu correcta padichaan na thaan Joogle nu padichen. haha Innaiki varaikum atha solli sirichutu irupom epothume.
Then Gfiveku apram, Innoru Gionee mobile kidachathu my first touchscreen mobile. athula Bluetooth muliyama Interneta eppadi ennoda computerla selutharathunu therijukiten. then antha bluetooth muliyama, computerla moderm connect pannitu touchscreenliye ennoda pc operate panen. Athellam Oru vasantha kaalam ya….! entha oru puthu technique padichaalum, praticala pannalume ammakita than kuptu kamipen. eppadi da thambi ithellam panrenu kepanga paaratu vaanga.
Apram ellarukum pola enakum 10th exam SSLC mudinchathu. typewriting class join panen. yena na holidaysa waste panna virumbala.
Then Typewriting examum ezhuthi pass annen. 10th result vanthuchu, na already first attempt failnu ellarukume theriyum beceoz ennoda previous blog postla ezhuthirken. epadiyo adutha attemptla clear panni same schoola join pannen. epothum pola last benchers thaan. Me, PR.Vigensh, Barani, Ari Vijay, Kuberan. ivanga 3perum oru naal ethu fb apadinu pesitu irunthaanga enaku onnume puriyala. ennanu ketathuku FBla profile vachurukiyanu ketaanga enkita ? dae first fbna ennanu keten Facebooknu soona. anga pona nariya friends kidaipaangadanu sonnaga. yenda nambala than inga irukom, namba schoola iruka friendkita pesave time illa apram ennanu keten. Illada nambalum Internetla irukomnu kamika thaanu sonnaga.
+1 final examku munnadi, Computer practical lab irunthathu athula HTML muliyama program ezhuthi output kamikanum. pratical exam time 2hr. but na 10minutesla program ezhuthi taku taknu type panni output kamichen. enfriendsla patharitaanga dae ennada solra athukulla mudichutiyanu eppadi da avalo fasta type pannanu ketaanga. apram na sonen na 10th leavela type writing mudichen da so athanaala fasta type panenu sonen. literally I felt like HACKERMAN.
Apram +2 exam mudichu udane, Appakita Laptop keten. becoz na ippo varaikume ennoda old computer than use panren ellame slowva iruku athia configurationla vanganumnu sonen. but puthusu vaanga yengakita avalavu money illa. athanaala avanga friend muliyama oru Governemnt Laptop thirupaatchinoorla irukunu theriya vanthathu.
Antha akkaku marriage aaga pogutham athanaala avangaluku thantha laptopa enaku tharenu sonnaga. So kaasu koduthu vaangitom.
Ithan Ennoda First Acer Laptop – Tamilnadu Governmentla thantha first set of laptop ithuthaan. Configuration: Intel Pentium with Integrated Graphics, Camera, mic, 250Gb HDD, 2.0Ghz speed, 2Gb Ram. Windows 7 Professional Operating system. Enaku therinju ithu thaan irukarathule romba powerfula laptop intha universeliye. yena ithuku apram than theriyum ungaluku itha vachu na ennala panenu! Because ennoda career, life change pannathu intha laptop thaan!
Engineering College sera poren!
College Join panrathuku munnadi Hardware & Networking class ponen, OS Installation, PC & Laptop assembling & Dissembling, customersku thevaiyaana softwares install panni tharathu ellame kathukiten – Mathi Anna kita. Apram avaruku nariya clients & customers irukaanga so na learn panna apram enakunu sila set of CDs & DVDs load panni eduthukiten. ennoda first customerku OS Installation pannitu avangaluku Softwaresum pottu thanthein. Ennoda first salary evalvo theriyuma antha oru system repairku 250Rupees. atha eduthutu appa ammta poi katalamnu romba excitmentla ponen ennoda Cyclela.
College namba cinema iruka mathiri irukumnu nenaipom athan illa. schooloda upgraded versiona irunthathu ! 2012la college join panen. na nencha mathiri inga practicala ethum illa perumkanavukalodu vantha ennai nane emathikita mathiri irunthuchu. athe vara theory, internal exam, external exam, final examnu brainku urampote athulanthu outputa eduthu exam ezhutha correcta irunthathu. brainla three memory units iruku sensory memory, short term memory & longterm memory.
“Ipo na blog ezhutharathu, ennoda informationa na ennoda brainlanthu retrive panni ezhutharen athu longterm memory. short memoryna, exam ezhuthi rendu naal kalichu keta namba pasangaluku onnume theriyathu, sila peruku examku aprame theriyathu”
First Year of College, oru relation muliyama AMWAY pathi therinjathu, yaaru school mudichutu, college vanthalume theiryum AMWAY business, MLM, Sathuranga vettai padathula vara mathiri Productsa makkal kita vikka maatanga, braina canvas panni sukka pottu makkal kita thinipaanga athan avanga velai. na enaku therinjavaga kita matum sila coconut oil, soap, powder apadinu avangaluku thevaiyaana athiyavasiya porala matum parttimela vipen. ethavathu parttimela sambarikanumnu panen. apram vittuten. aana ithunaala na makkalkita pesa kathukiten.
Second year of Collegela, Enaku VJ (Video Jockey) va velai paaka Vaaipu kidachathu. So 9:30am to 6:30pm college hours. then 7pm to 9pm ennoda cycle eduthukitu Channeku poituven. Channel Name: AMN (Air media Network) enga districtla oodra local channel ithu. so oru 1year anga than velai pathein. ennoda monthly salary 2500rupees. ovoru show mudichutu adutha naal collegeku pogumpothu ellarume enaku feedback solluvaanga. sila neram appakooda pogumpothu intha paiyan thane tvla nethu pathonu soluvaanga oru mathiri shya irukum.
Apram oru 3papersla arrears vilunthuchuru, then Channela enaku sambalamum sariya podala. athanaala veliya resign panniten one year kalichu 2012-2013la resign panen. athuku apramum life romba bore adika start aachu. 3papers arrears athukooda innum 2papers add aachu. Then Villupuram GLUG (GNU/Linux Users Group) pathi theriya vanthathu, ennoda senior annavaala. intha linka padinga ungaluku puriyum (https://adamlaskas24.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/career-at-collegepresent/)
Intha manishan matum vanthu enclassla pesalana life romba borea poirukum, lifela entha valila poganumnuoru valikaatiya irunthaaru. avaru name Khaleel Jageer. thedirnu avaru vanthu mozilla contributions, apadi ippadinu nariya sonnauru. yarukellam interest iruko vanthu enna parunga name kodunganu sonnaru, avaru sonna apove enaku interest vanthuruchu. lunch time avaru saptu kaikaluvalaanu ponaapo, avara thaduthu niruthi “bro na varen enna sethukonganu sonen” athuku avaru dae thambi kaikalivittu varen daanu sonnaru. then oru 2minutesku apram sari da ne weekly meetups nadakum kalanthukongu sonnaru. then Mozilla FSA pathi google panni neeye therijukongu sollitu poitaaru. apram night fulla wiki.mozilla.org bloga fulla padichutu irunthein.
Apram Na Villupuram GLUG(Gnu/linux users Group) oru Activisit aagi ella meetupslayume kalanthukiten, main goala namba kathukita technology makkal kita poi seranum athum ilavasama poi saranumnu eduthukita kolkaiya kaividama iruken ipoovaraikum. ovoru meetupliyume puthu puthu technology pathi pesuvaanga like python, django, ruby, rubyonrails, tor, hacking, Internet surveillance ithu mathiri nariya pesuvaanga not only theory part – handson experiencela than demo irukum. Ennoda mainblogla Archivesla poi paathengana theriyum naanga enna eppadi contributions pannomnu.
Oru naal Anand anna, Kali Linux Operating system pathi Sunday Meetupla sonnaga, avanga kita than antha OS disc iruku 3.7GB nu sonnaga. sari nambakita than internet iruke download podalamnu ithein. ya enaku 3rdyear of engineeringla veetla ketu Internet poten 512kbps speed unlimited BSNL with D-Link DSL-2750U Wireless N 300 ADSL2 + Router. antha OSa download potta oru naala agitumnu nenachen aana athu 4days kamichathu cancel pannitu. Karkee annaku call panen, Anna anand bro kita disc vanganumnu sonen. entha discda thambinu ketaru. Illana Hacking panrathuku use aagara Kalilinux os na nu sonen. then bike eduthom travel panom.
oru vazhiya poi vaangiten. Kalilinuxa ennoda laptopla install pannone etho intha ulagathoda controle nambakita irukara mathiri feel panen. then apolanthu na ipo varaikum Kalilinux & Parrot Os than use panren Hacking skillsa valathuka.
Finalyear College:
Vacha Arrearsla 3rdyearlanthu final year varathukulla clear pannitu. neata final yearkulla vanthein. epadivathu campus interviewla poitu select aagituvom velaiku poitumvomnu irunthein. aana anga vachaanga CHECKMATE. Enga collegela tcs ku pora pasangaluku matum than training undu, tcsku naangala eligible illa yena neenga sila peru 10thla & 12thla attempt vachutu vanthurkenga athanaala no training. ungaluku matum thani classroomla epothum pola classess nadakumnu solitaanga. Kadhal tholviyoda mosamaana vali ethu theriyuma, namabala pudchi thani classla ukara vachu subjecta matume eduthaanga. enkooda ukantha antha 40-50 pasangaluku eppadi irukum ???? naangalum thane fees katrom engaluku matum training illayanu kooda ketka mudiayala. athanaaliye na collegela vantha ithupona companiesla ethume attend pannala. ulagathula ellathukume partiality.
Oru naal Academic marksa vida Skillsku matume important kodukura kaalam varum.!
Then ellarume velai porangalenu nanum college mudichutu oru nonvoice process velaiku ponen chennaila. Athanaala roomla mathala,Daily Villupuram to chennai 6hrs travel pannuven like 4pm villupuramla train yaruven 8-9pm reachagum. then 10:30pm to 3:30am shift. thirumbavum 5:30am Egmore to villupuram poga 10AM aagum oru 5hrs thungitu marupadiyume odanum so ippadi than pochu 3months mylife cycle. Apo Ennoda Sambalam 10K Monthly. aana intha velai than ne kadasi varai pannanumnu sonnaga.
Athuku apram antha velaiya resign pannitu, oru bankla backoffice jobla join pannen. marupadiyum chennaila than but PGla stay pannikitu. antha bankla oru naalaiku 2hrs than velai kodupaanga. data analyst job. intha velai pakumpothu than MS.Dhoni untold story movie vanthathu.
Ms.Dhoni padathula vara mathiriye, Na yen vaazhkaya nenachu yosichen. ennada ithu namba oru Engineer, namba yen intha velaikalaam vanthom, job security kaagava yaravathu velaipaanganu thonuchu. ennoda Passion enna na yen intha velaiku vantheinu yosichen. so marupadiyum bagsa pack panen. morning epothum pora trainla Egmore 5:30am yaranen. sila namba vaazhkaila iyalpa nadakaratha than moviesla kamipaanga ya its an INTERMISSION.
Veetuku ponen, Yarum ethume ketkala Appa & Amma dae thambi ne veetla kooda iruda naanga ethume ketka maatom. unaka epo unaku pudicha job kidaikitho apo ne velaiku podaanu sonnaga. enkita ipo ethume illa, empty pockets, no bike startinglanthe appa bike than use pannuven, ellame parentskita than ketkanum silavuku kooda.
Oru mellisaana kodu, kottuku intha pakka pona Software developer, antha pakkam pona Network engineer, nonvoice process. etc. intha pakkama illa antha pakkamaanu mudiyu panra neram vanthuchu vaazhkaila! Vaazhka enna oruthana maathuchu….! antha storya than inimey paakaporenga.
Then Na Kalilinux use panrathaala athula irukura tools ellathaiyume na explore panna start panenwith same internet connection of 512kbps speed. nariya notes edupen. Internetla nariya blogslam padipen. romba bore adicha Hacking related movies paathu veriyethipen like Diehard 4, Hacker 2016, Tom cruise thalaivanoda Mission impossible all series mainly ghost protocol.
Enna pola oru samaaniya kudimaganuku, flightla porathala yetta kaniya thaan irunthuchu. Aana eppadi irunthalume oru naal nadakumnu nenachutu nimthaiya dailyum thunguvom. First flightnu ezhuthanoniye 10th standard english bookla padicha 1st chapter than neiyapagathuku varuthu. “The story by “Liam O’ Flaherty” is an account of a young bird that is afraid to fly for the first time. He believes that his wings would not support him. Despite his younger siblings flying fearlessly with much shorter wings, he could not gather the courage to do the same. He was punished to stay hungry if he did not try. Thus, it was his mother that compelled him to fly by using food as a trap. The lesson reflects how one hesitates to take the first step and that fear is all in the mind. One should trust one’s abilities because “the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself”.
My First Flight Journey – November 17, 2017
Ithuku apram ennoda veliyaiyum sethu na skillsaiyum valathukuten, then ella urukum poganumnu desire irunthathu. Need to travel all over India then all over the world & All over the Universe.Ithuku apram entha ooruku ponalum sari, antha mannoda culture, food habits, avangaloda vaazhvathaaram, pandikai, avangaloda movies, entha languagesa irunthalum sari ethaiyum vittu vaika maten ellathaiyum explore panna start panniten. athe mathiri entha city, stateku ponalum sari Theatres & Museums & pilgrimage mukkiyama visit pannuven. apram anga iruka makkal kooda athiagama pesuven avangala pathi therijupen. so ithuku apram ennoda instagram stories than pesum.
Hyderabad Diaries:
My Birthday
As Promised with my father, we have arranged for afternoon lunch for all 150 students in a government school villupuram. Acutally its my Million Dollar Dream. This is what the real happiness for me.
My Hometown memories
New Gadgets
I was not only working on Cybersecurity Projects but also I Provided training to IT staffs, Non IT Stuffs, Army & Navy stuffs too regarding cybersecurity things.
Odisha Diaries:
Delhi Diaries:
Jabalpur Diaries:
MangaloreDiaries:
Sometimes You need to enjoy with your own friends & you need to love your surroundings.
Found my eve too:
September 1, Lifela maraka mudiyaatha naal anniki. Enga Collegela Alumni meetupku ellariyum invite pannirunthaanga, but enga classlanthu yarume varala – Me, Nancy then kavitha matum than ponom. C section friendsku irukura unity kooda enga class B section pasangaluku illayonu thonchu padikumpothulanthe.
Ennoda best friends & enaku Paadam katru thantha staffsa paaka thaan ponen. but thirumba varumpothu ippadi oru nigazhvu nadakumnu enake theriyaathu…..!
Dark Side of My Life:
Life of Ram Song ketutu, Bike oru 80-90kms speeda bypass roadla return vanthein. then service roadla varumpothu oru 40-60kms speedla than slow panni vanthein. ennoda lifeku speedbreaker potra mathiri oru sambavam nadanthuchu.ya I was met with an accident. Roadla pogumpothu maadu kurukaala vanthuruchu.
So roadla rightsidela kizha vizhunthu kidanthein. sari namba than vizhuntha onnum aagathenu enthuruchu nenen. first legs check panen nalla than irunthathu. apram hands pathein. oru hand matum ennala suthama thukka mudiyala. anga iruntha makkal enna oru oorama chairla ukara vachaanga, rightside hand neram aaga aaga persaachu. then thambi unnoda friendsku phone number solra poromnu songa illa sir. ennoda friends ellarume velioorla irukaanga enga thathaku call pannunganu sonen. avanga vanthu pathutu kaneer vittu na than unna angala pogavenanu sonene yenda ponanu ketanga. apram antha kudathula iruntha oruthavaru na mayakuthala irukumpothu ennoda headphones theft pannitaanga. ippadiyum sila manishanga irukaanganu puriyavanthathu anga time.
Apram oru hospital ku ponom, doctoru vararu vararu sonnaga, ulla irunthute vantha paadu illa, na inga kaivalila thudikiren. ennoda whole familyum vanthu enna paathu azharaanga. avanga azharatha paathu thaanga mudiyala. then doctor vanthu xray eduthaanga. Ennoda thatha appa apram chithapava matum thaniya kuptu pesanaanga. avanga munuperum thirumba vanthu enkita sonnathu, unnoda hand bone break aagituchu. operation panna than plate vaichu seri seiya mudiyumnu sonnaga. first enaku veetuku poganumnu thonuchu. private hospital pona more than 1lakh kepaanga. engakita avalo money illa. romba naal ippadivum vachuruka koodathu. apram ellarume discuss pannitu villupuram government hospitala enna admit pannanga.enakunu oru bed allocate panni athula poi ukanthurthein. athuku apram enga thatha and myfather paathutu romba azhuthaanga. entha appaaku than intha mathiri avanga pasanga iruntha azhuvaama irupaanga.
So I cant able to eat, I cant able to go alone, I cant do anything my hands. Ipo thane lifela konjam munnerana mathiri irunthuchu. yen ippadi oru fall aaganum. ippadi vanthu na hospitala kadakanumnu yosichen. Hospital jail mathiri irunthuchu. na work panna previous companyla health insurance kooda illa. enaku money thanthu help kooda pannala. aana oru naal call panni adam, naliki salary podrom, neenga monthly pay panna vendiya due 3kva eduthukavaanu ketaanga. oru humanity kooda illa antha manishangaluku. sari eduthukonganu soliten.
Naatkal ooda romba neram aachu dailyume. kooda irukura sontha kaaranga ellarum yen privatela join pannirkalaame, governmentla yen join panenganla ketanga. avangala kadaisi vara kelvi thaanga kepaanga! Na iruntha hospitala sariyaana kazhivarai irukaathu, thanni varathu. enna pola ennavida romba critical personsla irupaanga adipattu. so intha naraga vethainai ennoda ethiriku kooda varakoodathunu nariya neram pray panen God kita.
Lifela poga poga enaku bayam konjam start aachu. enna paaka ennoda nanbargal Aravind & vithiyapathi vangathaaga. Apram operationku munnadi naal Hari kittyum & Guru thambiyum vanthaanga. athuku apram Khaleel anna, Sathish, Vji, Swathiga akka Vimal ellarume enna paaka vanthaanga. I was like enaku ethume pesamudiyala avangala paathutu. but enmela anbu kaata ivalavu peru irukaanganu romba santhosa paten.
Operation Day:
Enna kuptutu ponaanga. enga familyla irukura ellarukume kannula kaneere thengi nikithu. but enaku suthama bayame illa operation panna poranganu. yena na romba strong aagiten athuku apram manasalavula enna aanaulum oru kai pathukellamnu irunthein. operation panrathuku munnadi nambakita oru kaizhuthu vaanguvaanga like anesthesia kodukumpothu sila peruku heartattack koda vara vaaipu irukunu sonnaga. so athuku naanga poruppu illanu than athula ezhuthirnthathu.
Then Inception Moviela vara mathiri ideakulla idea vaikaramathiri. na kannamoodi kanavukulla kanavu. ovoru layer of dreamlaiyume ennoda lifela nadantha romba arputhamaana vishayatha, payantha, ennoda nanbargal koda senthu pona santhosamaana tharunangala ennala think panna mudinjathu. but ennala athu oru 1hr varaikum than thaaku mudika mudinjathu. because Oxygen cylinder empty aagi ennala muchu vida mudiyala. anga suthi irukuravanga kita sonen. doctor plz remove my masknu, athuku apram kelviya kettutu irunthein. evalvo neram aagum doctornu oru 3times keturen. athuku nurse than yenda mudichunoiye odi pogavada pora intha thaana iruka poranu sonnaga. operation mudinchu enna mayakathoda kuptu ponnanga. ennoda family membersa paathu sirichute hi sonen. enaku operation theatreku ponathulanthe suthama payam illa oru punnaigaiyoda poitu punnaigayoda return anen.
veetuku poga sila naatkal aachu. veetuku poganum, inga irunthu odi poganumnu thonuchu. because oru jail kaithi mathiri irunthein. enakulla irukura antha iron rodu, enakulla enudampodu kalanthu nanum oru IRONMAN mathiri feel panen. Thankyou Tony stark.
Veetuku poitu eppadi summa irukarathu, I setuped my own environment again, And my brother Asar bring his own PS2 for playing games, enaku time poganumla.
Na veetuku vantha udan enna thedi ennoda certificate veetuku vanthuchu. CHFI. I was surprise to take it.
Then konjam konjama vali poga start aachu, irunthalume i tried to eat food in my hand aana mudiyala sila neram appa enna paathu azhuvaanga. ennada ithu namba paiyanaala sapda mudiyalanu. sila neram i feel like i was disabled. sometimes i cried a lots. 6months rest edukanumnu sonnaga. no ennala mudiyaathu ennoda job careera na pakanum. na sikirama kunam aganumnu ellame panen. so 2monthsla cure aagiten. then I return to bangalore.
Betweenla Villupuram GLUG (Gnu/linux users group) saarpa, Software freedomday nadanthathu. na kandipa ella volunteersaiyum pola kalanthukanumnu aasai paten. Mozilla stall poten with makilan. Apram event mudinchunoye Video create panen.
enna vazhi anupa ennoda while family kutties ellarume vanthuruthaanga. But they are not happy to sending me back to bangalore. what to do i need to takecare of myself.
Adam Back to Bangalore:
Ithuku apram lifela ethavathu saathikanumnu thonuchu, I need to achieve something in my life before my diednu thonuchu. apram nariya blogs padika start panen. puthuputhu attacks techniques padichen. nariya bugbounty huntersa follow panen linkedin & twitter & facebookla. apram sila books padika vangara mathiri irunthuchu. aana na ipo than oorlanthu vanthurken enkita suthama paisa illa sapda kooda. ennoda friend hari kitty kita keten ava than help panna books vaanga. enna than book softcopyla kidachalume. hardcopyla padika than enaku pudikum
Kandipa unnoda helpa na kadaisi vara marakka maten Hari. Because you have helped me in myhard times. Even I doesnt have anything in myhand. Then Ennoda Company change pannumpothume enkita silavuku kooda kaasu illa. nee than help panna. thankyou so much Hari. It means a lot to me. I respect your friendship always. even i was away from you, ill be thinking about you!
Then Sila public websitesla hunt panna start panen. Enaku first kidachathu Carbonblackoda swag thaan marakave mudiyaathu
athuku apram than pakanume evavlo swags, Hall of fames & bounties in mylife. ithuku apram life marupadiyum move aaga thudanguchu.
I was Acknowledged by this companiesDuckduckgo.com, Pennyful.in, Conclusion.nl, thehaguesecuritydelta.com, Corebox, Carbon Black, dutchdare.nl, addthis.com, Antihack.me, idol entertainment, Intel, Coinjax, UnitedNations, Asus, OPPO, Honeywell, Nokia, Mcafee, Visma, Schiphol groups, Show nearby, Telefónica Germany, Zynga Whitehat, Dell Technologies, Redox, Virustotal, irobot, Cloudways, Mastercard, Atlassian, upwork, cavlar, Soundcloud, cloudinary, Realself, digitalocean, Bitdefender, More too come.
kamithaan but irunthaalum futurela innum nalla hunting pannuven.
Then back to travel ?
ya……!
palavarashama kathurunthu kerala poganumnu aasai athum Alapey poganumnu aasai.
Alapey ponen !
Na Dream panna mathiri Kerala Alapuzha poiten. Thirumbavum poganum. namba nenacha idathuku poganumnu aasai patta udane kilampi poituven. evalavu thooramaanalume. athavida enaku periya santhosam vera ethum illa.
Athuku apram chennai book fairla ennoda nanbargala santhuchen. Karkee, Khaleel, Sathish. ennoda kasta kaalathula enakunu onnu na udane call panni pesuvaanga illana kooda vanthutuvaanga. apadi oru friendship engalukulla.
After Kerala – I went to Delhi & Nagpur with Basha, Manikanta
Apram Lasta chennaila oru project with Irfan bhaiya
Then I Resigned my Job I moved to new company called CROSSBOWLABS. From the first date of joining itself I started loving my new organization. there is no hierarchy, all are equal even it can be security guard or clerk all are treated as equal. The peoples are taking care of each and every employees in the company. I realized that I came to the right place at right time. All peoples whoever i met in this company are very down to earth.
But I dont forget my Old weapon, I wont give to anybody. It gives me life
I Just having a habit of mapping everycities or states where I visit. lets check it out
I need to thank many peoples in mylife, But individually avanga pera kuriputtu solla virumbala. but avangalaala than na inga iruken. friendsnu eduthukita 1000kuda pogum but enaku countable number of friends than lifela. avanga motivate panni than enna inga varavachaanga vaazhkai, koduthaanga, thannambigaiya valathaanga. so im always blessed with my friends. Always love your friends from ur heart. be kindful be respect be thankful to them everytime.
“Ungaluku unmaiya irunga, ulagatha pathi kavala padatheenga, ulagathula sila peru kadisivara purum pesitu than irupaanga kavalaye padathenga, neenga panra velaiya nesinga, antha velaila vantha sambalatha ungaluku entha alavu venumo vachutu mithi iruntha charityku kodunga. ellarume nalla irukanum. santhosama vazhanum nimathiya night thunganum” Be happy with what you have. and thala Songla vara mathiri intha linea lifela epothum neeyabagam vachukonga (Getha vidadha Pangu getha vidadha
Nee yerinaalum vaarunaalum Getha vidadha)
These are the below comments which i received for my previous blog. thankyou friends.
Bye nanbargale ungala adutha blogpost ezhuthuna na santhikiren, but ethana varsham aagamnu enake theriyaathu. thanks for reading my huge writeup it tooks me 12pm to 10pm (afternoon -night). Namba payanikka vendiya thooram innum nariya iruku nanba, vaanga ellarum onna payanikalaam. With Love : Adam ❤
Ithuvaraikum na nariya blogpost ezhuthurken, but ithu konjam differenta irukum, based on my true story, Englisum illama தமிழும் illama Tenglish versionla intha blogposta ezhuthuren.
Ithu thaan nan, Ennoda Peru Mohammed Adam
So kaanchupoi pasumaye illama vaazhka poituruntha oru time. Engineering mudichtu rendu chinna jobsla pannitu apram velaiye illama summa iruntha oru time. Nariya dreams, lifela saathikanum, yaar enna sonnalum enna suthi oru positive vibes enakulla vachurupen, athu thaan ippo varaikum enna muntravaikuthu. Engineering enaku vaazhkai paadatha katru koduthathu. Namba ellaroda lifelayum ithu kandipa nadakum nadantherkum.
#Finallythedayhasarrived😇😇😇
20 வருஷமா நா காத்திருந்தது இந்த 1நிமிஷத்துக்காக தான். “#Ya #Im#Graduated”😎. எங்க குடும்பத்துல 3தலைமுறையா யாரும் டிகிரி படிகல, அவங்க படிக்கலனாலும் அவங்க வாழ்க்கைல சுயதொழில் செஞ்சு வெற்றி அடைஞ்சாங்க. Books, Subjects, இதெல்லாம் படிச்சா தான் பாஸ் ஆகமுடியும். ஆனா வாழ்க்கை அவர்களுக்கு கற்றுதந்த பாடம், அவங்க கத்துகிட்ட திறன்கள்(Skills) இது தான் அவங்கள வாழ்க்கைல பாஸ் ஆகவச்சது. வெயிலா இருந்தாலும் மழையா இருந்தாலும் எல்லா சூழ்நிலையிலும் என்னை பாதுகாக்கும் என் அப்பா, அன்போடும் ருசியோடும் என்மீது பாசத்தை கூறுபோட்டு விருந்தளிக்கும் என் அம்மா, என்னை நல்வழியில் நடத்தும் என்சகோதர்கள் & நண்பர்கள். மகிழ்ச்சியை அள்ளித்தரும் சில உறவினர்கள். இவர்கள் அனைவர்க்கும் இந்த பட்டம் சமர்ப்பணம். அத்தோடு இந்த களத்தை எல்லா மாணவர்களுக்கும் அமைத்து கொடுத்த கல்லூரி நிர்வாகத்துக்கும் என்நன்றி கலந்த வணக்கங்களை தெரிவித்து கொள்கிறேன் #Proudtobefirstgraduate #Inmyfamily
Yen ennoda parentsku apram karkee Anna Sonnatha na sonenna, avanga kuda na nariya travel panniruken, nariya share pannirukaanga, na intha alavuku oru thelivaana paiyana intha ulagathula irukena athuku Muzhukaranam Karkee Anna, Vicky, Khaleel Anna Matum thaan.
Love: “kaadhala thedikitu pogamudiyaathu, athu nilaikaathu, athuvaa nadakanum nambala pottu thaakanum, thalakila potu thirupanum, epothum kudave irukanum athan true love”. Ellarukume oru first love story irukum, athulaiyum failure story irukum, athe mathiri thaan enakum, its not just the story, it happened in mylife.
School friendna schoolanthu lovela illa, oreye classmate pathurkom, but pesanathu illa apo. 6th standardla. oreye street thaan. Avanga Appa kuda Bikela ukanthu povaanga apo pathurken.
Apram College na 3rd year engineering padikumpothu theriyum, oreye collgeum illa. Facebookla theriyum, apram pesa start panom, nariya things share pannirukom, oru naal na avanga kita ennoda love sonen it was a nighttime on July19,2015. Udane ava silent aagita, apram ethum pesala , think pannite iruntha , 3naal achu, apram pesana enkita. “Vappa kita keten : Adam ithu mathiri love sonnanu na sonen, vappa enna sonnaru na “na nenachen ma rombanaala ne mobile use pannumpothe enaku theriyumnu, hm, paiyan nalla paiyana ma?, enaku theriyuma avanga familya pathi. So don’t worry ma, 2years kalichu ungaluku marriage pannitalaamnu, but athukaaga neenga itha advantage eduthukaatheenganu vappa sonnaru ava kita”
So Kaadhal vantha jooru:
Kadhalikumpothu nambala suthi enna nadakuthunu theriyaathu, ulagam urundai suthite irukum, time poite irukum, ana pesaratha vidamatom. Namba enna pesaramo antha conversations mindla thungumpothu odite irukum. Yarapathiyum namba nenaikamaatom. Only thinking about two of us.
Kaadhalikumpothu namba ketkara ella songsum namakaaga ezhuthana mathiri irukum, antha paadal varikal nambala athigama theendum. Like example “ Kaatrele aadum kaakitham naan, nee thaan ennai kadithamaakkinaai”.
Kaadalaikumpothu epovathu argument varum, pirivu varum, but athu thaan pillar of the love nu na solluven, apo thaan love innum strong aagum.
Sila Love Stories, Pasanga Ponnunga piriyarthuku main reasons 2 thaan:
Intha religion, caste nu sathi sathi nu sollitu, sathiya olichutomnu solra kumbal. Avangalaala piriyura pairs.
“Apram yosichen, onnu namakaaga vazhanum, illa namba parentskaaga vazhanumnu”
Antha ponnu nalla ponnu thaan, Simple, wellread, most respectful person. Daily 5times pray pannuva, god mela avalavuku nambigai athigam. Ava pesumpothu lighta Malayalam kathu vesum ava pesuchula, athuke na kaali, but avalavuku avanga family, avanga appa, ammava romba pudikum, na ethum thappa sollala intha ulagathula ethana peru apadi irukaanga, avangaluku enna pudikaathunnu therinju, enna vennamnu sollitu poitaa. inneram avaluku Kalyanam nadanthurkumnu na nenaikiren
After that, avala maraka enaku 6months aachu, marakarathu na avaloda face matum thaan. Because avlaoda nenaivukal ippo varaikum ennoda brainla store aagiruku. Na onnum robo illa odane single clickla delete panna. Nanum human thaan. Athanaala avoloda nenaivikal eppovathu varum ennoda lifetravellingla. Firstlovenga avalavu seekram marakka mudiyaathu saagaravaraikum irukum nenaivugal.
Ponnunga avanga Adult aanathum udane 2yearsla marriage panni vachutuvaanga,
Illa ponnu 4years padikatum padicha apram udane marriage thaan,
Illa Antha ponnuku innum higher studies pannanum desire dream iruntha athukum Ok solra parents irukaanga. Athuku apram Marriage.
Illa na 4years padichathu pothu na Jobku porenu solra Ponnungalum irukaanga. Athuku apram Marriage panni vaikalaamnu plan panra parentsum irukaanga.
So eppadi irunthaalum Kadaisila Marriage thaan Lifeoda Interval. Athuku Apram Antha paiyan sampathiyathula thaan Antha ponnu ellame Pannanum. Ippadi thaan Na nenachututu irunthein, Sila idangala nadanthutum iruku.
Aana ithu ellathaiyum udachu ippadi irukakudaathu da apadinnu sollipuriyavachathu Nancy thaan. Avanga Amma Sonnatha enkita eppothum Share pannuva Like “ Ponnunga na yariyum depend panni iruka kudaathu, avangalum jobku poganum, higherstudiesku padikanum, avangaluku thani sambathiyam irukanum, appo thaan lifela balanced kondupoga mudiyum, Parentsukum help panna mudiyum, namba pudichavangaluku ethavathu vanganumna kuda nambakita kaasu irukanum Adam” So Ponnungana ippadi thaan irukanum, Ippadi thaan vaazhanumnu enaku theliva puriyavachathu Nancy thaan.
Before Engineering, Engaluku athigama Pesa time kidaikala, Becoz Avaluku SocialMediasla interest illa, Only Gmaila thaan pesuvom. Innaiki Mail potta 4naal kalichu apram thaan reply varum. But Reply vantha udan romba santhosama irukum, ok namakunu oru friend irukaanganu thonum.
After Engineering, Enga Renduperukitayum athiga thiramai, Nalla Marks irunthum Engaluku Entha Companylayum vela kidaikala!. Naatkal kannamudi thorakarthukulla fasta Odite irunthathu. Nariya nanbargal directa interviewla poi Select Aanaga, rendavathu vitham avangaluku therinja relations, friends references moolama Jobku ponnaga.
Lifela Santhosamo, Sogamo etha irunthalum first na share panra persona athu Nancykita matum thaan. Eppothum enaku wellwishera irupa, Aaruthal Solluva. Lifela oru Hope kidaichamathiri irunthathu. Oru nalla friend kidachutaanu thonnuthu kadasivaraikum. Avaloda Placea yaarum replace pannamudiyaathunu thonuchu ennodalifela.
Na Nariya Kollywood, Hollywood Movies Papen, athulaiyum mukkiyama Sci-fi movies, Hacking scenesla vara Moviesna enaku romba pudikum. Enga veetla Theatrela Allow Panna mattanga, veetla netla thaan papen. Theatrela paatha paavamnu solluvaanga. So nanum pogamaten. Apo enaku oru 19age irukum apo thaan Diehard4, mission impossible apadinu nariya movies selective pathein.
Engineering Mudicha Apram Lifela ennaaagarathunu theriyama irunthein. Antha movies muliyama na therinjukiten. “ I Want to became a Hacker or Security Reasearcher” nu, Hacking na enaku romba pudikum. So atha kathukalaamnu na muyartchi pannen.
Google, Youtube ithulaye nariya resources enaku kidiachathu learn Panna, 2014-2017 ippovaraikum Na oru GNU/Linux user thaan windowsla pudikaathu. So ennoda Ethical Hackingku na choose panna linuxflavour “Kalilinux” intha Linux Distro uruvaaka patathe Penetration Testingkaaga thaan. Offensive Security intha nokathukaaka thaan itha made pannanga. Ithula more thaan 500tools inbuilta irukum begineersku or intermediate or expertsku ithu romba usefula irukum.
Enna thaan Google, youtubenu na search pannalum enakunu oru route thalivaa kidaikala, becoz kasu koduthu syllabus vice learn pannathaana thelivaa irukum. Kaasum Appa Ammakita eppadi ketkarathunu theriyala avangala thollapannakudaathunu irunthein.
Oru Naal Google pannumpothu Cybrary.it nu oru websitea kandupudichen. Avangaloda Main nokkame “Free & Opensource Cybersecurity Courses” freeya provide panrathu thaan. Enakune made panna mathiri irunthathu. Nariya kathukiten like “Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking & Webapplication security Testing” ellame kathukiten.
Intharendulaiyum na athiagama ennoda time spend panna. Nariya informations share panen. So Life enaku boringave illa, Etho oru work innaiki panenu, Nimthaiya thonganen. Ippadi 6monthsum nariya skills kathukittu life poite irunthathu.
Internetla Penetration Testing intha fieldku vacancy irukaanu pathein, apo enaku Bangalorela oru companyla vacancy irunthathu theriya vanthathu. Oknu apply panen.
Interviewku kuptrunthaanga ponen, na enna enna learn panneno 6months atha pathi thaan questions irunthathu fullave, so enkita nariya pathil irukunu enaku theriyavanthathu. Lasta ellame mudincha apram Company MD Meet pannanum. “Ok Adam Neenga Interviewla Select Aagiteenganu Sonnaga”Romba santhosama irunthathu, ivalavu naal wait panni skills olunga kathukitathuku oru palan kidachurukunu na nenachen.
Ivalavu thooram Kasta pattu Lifela Travel pannivantha enaku ithu mudika ennala mudiyaatha enna hm?Kastapattu padichen. Examaiyum mudichen.Totally 125 questions. Ithula 87.2 Marks out of 125 eduthu Pass panen. Below is my Certification and Exam Transcript.
On job Training Koduthaanga, nariya projects handle panen. Successfulla ippovaraikum ella webapplicationum test pannitu Reports clientskita submit pannitu iruken by mycompany moolamaaga.
So na Job porathuku munnadiye Nancyku Nalla Job kidachathu, Apram enakum job kidacharukunu sonen romba santhosapatta. Na enna aaganumnu ithana naal yosichano, entha jobku poganumnu na yosichano athuku poiruken nancykita sonen. Eppothume ava enkita solrathu ithu onnu thaan “ Namba evalvu kasta patrukom ads, mathavanga mathiri namba illa, nariya kathukitom intha lifela, Kadavul namabala athigama sothichirkaaru, namba entha nilamaiku ponaalum sari, entha idathulanthu namba vanthomnu namba marakka kudaathu ads” apadinu solluva enkita. Correct thaan ava sonnathu. Some words too Nancy from me “Thankyou verymuch Nancy, Thanks for Being with me in Myhardtimes too. Enna athigama motivate pannathu nee thaan. Unnoda advices naalathaan na ennaaaganumnu ennala think panni lifela seyalpada mudichathu. Thanksnu oruvaarthaila solli mudikamudiyaathu. But vera vaarthaikal enaku kidaikala Thanks for Everything Nancy. Nambaloda Friendship Namba saagaravaraikum thodarum, athuku apramum thodarum, athuku na Guarantee Nancy”
Apart from myCompany works na velilayum ennoda thiramaikala vachu contribute pannanumnu yosichen. Eppadi Companyla na Webapplicationsla & Networks Infrastructure, Servers, Firewalls, irukura vulnerability na kandupudikireno. Atheye na velila panna eppadi irukumnu yosichen.
Idea Kidachathu, ippo thaan start panniruken. Bugcrowd & Hackerone ithula ella Open BugBounties Programum irukum, ithula contribute panna Nariya kathukalaamnu thonuchu. Start panniruken. Ennoda next blogla itha pathi solren theliva after some achievements.
Im Going to Convey MyExperience in Mozilla Tamilnadu Community Meetup 2017, Before that here is the Quotes of Aaron Swartz, Which Always Inspire me to make mylife perfect or when you follow these lines you will understand the Clarity of your Life.
“படம் பார்த்து கதை சொல்” என்பார்கள் அதை போல என்னுடைய இந்த வலைபதிவில் சில படங்களும், வார்த்தைகளும் அடங்கும்.
Building and Maintaining a Healthy Community is More Difficult. Becoz we want to Enable the people, Open Communications, Trust is Everything, Belonging is more important, The value of Listening, Avoid ego or Others will avoid you. So this Kind of Issues will Arise.
An Example of an Open and Healthy Community is Mozilla Tamilnadu Community, ya we have many Active Contributors, Responsible Reps & Mentors and we have many Success Stories too. In that #MozillaTN17 is the Most Awaited one, which I never seen before.
Mozilla Tamilnadu Releases their First Promo Video of #MozillaTN17 Meetup
While I watched this video for the First Time, Goosebumps Guaranteed ! This video is Made by our Contributor called Karthikeyan Sethumadhavan. Kudos to him.
After that, MozillaTN Announcement Came in FB,
We all Got a New Avatar to Support for Our MozillaTN Meetup, Thanks to Prasanth Rethinam & Nirmal GL.
After a day
First of All thanks to DVigneshwer bro (Cool Mozillian, Reps, Organiser for this Meetup), Makes all the Logistics arrangements for all Attendees before a Weekitself.
Finally the day is going to be come, taken the Bus From Villupuram.
Ya the above one is True, I haveNever Travelled in any Luxury buses, for the firsttime im travelling in this. so only It give me More Adventures for me. On the other side, Happiness & excitement to meet MyFollow Mozillians after a year.
Reached Coimbatore after 6hours of Travel from Villupuram
Then We Refreshed and taken a Great Breakfast & Start Travelling to the KGISL Campus where the Event is going to Taken Place.
A Warm Welcome By #MozillaTN17 Team
A Sparkful Speech By Ashly. She Delivers the Agenda of Meetup, Welcome Note, Addressing the Chief Guest Dr.Ashok MD of KGISL Groups. And the New Logo of Mozilla Tn is Launched By Gauthamraj Elango (Reps Mentor), DVignesher(Reps), Karthikeyan (RAL) and Rohit Raj (LogoDesigner & Contributor)
Code of Conduct By DVigneshwer, A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the social norms and rules and responsibilities of the Community, or proper practices for, an individual. Related concepts include ethical, honor, moral codes and religious laws.
Mozilla TN Year in Review 2016 By Karthickeyan. He Delivers what are the Activities & Events that are done in the past year by our Mozilla TN Community.
Community Issues discussion by Syed Khaleel & Mohammed Ammar. They delivered what are Issues Arises During a Community Work, And Ask the attendees to Post their thoughts in an Chart Paper.
Atlast the Thoughts of Each and Every Attendees is Randomly Picked and Collected among the Common Issues.
Gauthamraj Elango who is an Inspiring Mozillian for Many, He Delivers what are the Common Issues of the Community, And How that can be Solved by A Community that are explained by him.
Social Media Updates By SelvaMakilan. He Delivers the Initiatives taken in 2016, Short Growth comparison, What mediums we are using, How and when to approach social media.
After that We Had a Yummy LunchBreak with Fellow Mozillians
Ya Man, it was an Delicious Lunch ever finishing with this Cool Icecream Selfie.
Ok IceCream Over Aagituchu, then What Man???????????
Ice breaking session by Karthic and DVigneshwer
We Are Separted into Teams, Given Some Topics Like
Privacy and Security
Open Innovation
Decentralization
Web Literacy
Digital Inclusion
The Above Topics are Covered by Us in An Chart. This can be discussed by eachgroup Members and Collectively Made a Art or Quotes in an Chartpaper.
In the Mean Time, Mr. Arun kumar(L10N Lead), he joined us from Malaysia via Google Hangouts and told us the importance of l10n for Firefox browser and also helped to make the roadmap for l10n.
After that, Subhashish joined us via a hangout call during the event and gave a very important presentation about Mozilla and Campus clubs
Then We Had A TeaBreak, Thanks You for the Tasty and yummy MuttaMittai @Syedkhaleel Anna
Then We had a Short and Simple Innovative Speech of CommunityVision and Rust by DVigneshwer, Addons by ViswaPrasanth, Localisation by Khaleel, WebCompact and QA By Prasanth Rethinam, WebVR By Karthickeyan.
Then in the End of the day1 we are separted into the their own Tracks. We the L10N Team Taken Some Selfies and with Fellow Mozillians too.
Ok bhaiya, night came “Mujhe bhukha lagi hai” Puriyalaiya Im hungrynu Sonen Hindila!
We all gone to a Good and Excellent Cuisine Restaurant to had a Spicy Dishes for Dinner
Day 1 Completed with all Fun Activities and Spicy Foods.
Day 2 Started with MyNew Friend Vishal
Thanks for the Cool New Tshirt @facttree and Thanks to the MozillaTN Community
Syed Khaleel and Mohammed Ammar who are the Track Leads of our L10N Team, Explains about Why we Need Localization, Why we need Translation, what are the Main objectives and Goals of Localization, what are the Resources like Tools, Documentation, Wikis and Locale Codes etc. How we can Contribute in Pootle or Mozilla.Locamotion.org and How we can Contribute in SUMO(Support Mozilla) are Discussed in our L10Team.
Then We Started Our Hands on Session of “l10n – Localization” team at #MozillaTN17 meetup
After that, Mr. Arun kumar(L10N Lead), he joined us from Malaysia via Google Hangouts. He Delivers his own Experience and also he describes the plans and goals of L10N Team, like below:
We want to Engage the Tamil people with Technology
First thing is to convert the PC or Mobile browser in Tamillanguage
He Tells sadly that, we are working in L10n but the Users that are occupied only 300 peoples are only using our contents in tamillanguage.
Tamilnadunu Sollitu Irukom but ingayaarume Tamila Technologya Use Pannala
Tamilnadula Lasta Avanga Aagrathiya 2008la than Lastupdate pannanga apram illa.
So Guys we want to make Monthly Once hangout with our L10 Team members.
we want to make awareness among all villages or city Schools and Colleges regarding Localization like Making Banners or anything else.
Eppo ellarum Technologya avanga native languagela Use panranglo apo thaan namaku vetri.
Had a Great Conversation with Arun Kumar Anna.
We Had a Tea Break with Knowledge Base Books which are bought by Khaleel Anna
Later We L10N Team Discuss Our Goals And Track plans to all Mozillians, What we are going to achieve in 2017 in our part.
Then after all track members completed.
Viswa Prasanth Anna Share his own Personal Experience from the Day1 of Mozilla Tamilnadu Born, What are the Issues He faced, what he lost, Why we are Here, How this Meetup is Begin. And I loved this words from him, ” Ellarukume Inga Tags Differenta irukum like Reps, RAL or Mentor or anything, But ivalavu Tags vachirunthu Work pannalana avlavuthaan, Naangalum ungala mathiri Volunteers thaan we are enjoy to contribute. ellarukume Problems and Pressure in Professional Lifela irukum but Unga Interest and Involvementla ellame try panni contribute panni paarunga you dont say any reasons”Thanks for the wonderful Speech Viswa Anna, It gives me More inspiration and also I Realizes how I wasted mytime in saying Reasons and notdoing anyworks.
After the Awesome Speech, We had Surprise Gifts for the Special Mozillains without them, the Wonderful Meetup Cannot be happened. Hatsoff to their Mass Efforts. Thanks Khaleel Bro for the Great Idea. But also we given Surprise for him too.
After the Worthy Gifts are given to Special Mozillians. We are Started making Memories like taking photos etc.
Womoz of MozillaTN Community 2017 Meetup
Then we all Taken GroupPhoto with More Happiness
Im verymuch Thankful to all Reps, Mentors, Fellow Mozillians. Thanks For your Love. #MozLove
And Atlast Im with some emotional tears, I made a Tribute video to all MyDear Friends, becoz your the real heros of this Biggest Event in tamilnadu ever happened before.ithu ungaloda vetri nanbargale, intha happinessa neenga markkakudathunu thaan I made a Video for all. Once again thanks to all mydr mozillians. thankyou.
Hi MyDear folks, after 6months ago im going to write a blogpost. I think I wasted those 6months without doing any contributions. okay. Past is Past, but future is more important than past. ” The Future Started Yesterday and We’re already Late”. so whats next, whats upto you, how the life standard in 2017 all this are question marks?
வாழ்க்கையின் முன்னேற்றங்களை நோக்கி பயணம் செய்ய வேண்டும், உத்தேசித்த உயரத்தை தொட்டுவிட்டால், வாழ்க்கை எளிதாக போய்விடும்.!!
#MozillaTN17, இது எனக்கு வாழ்க்கைல இரண்டாவது வாய்ப்பு. I learnt Most of the things from Mozilla like Public Speaking, Volunterism, Community development etc. I got more friends from mozilla, from all Cities and Countries around the globe. Im Verymuch happy to be a Part of Mozilla Tamilnadu Community. So this Meetup would be my வாழ்கையின் இன்னொரு காட்டாற்று பயணம், முன்னேற்றங்களை எதிர்நோக்கி, இது முடிந்திட விடுவேனோ!
My Plan towards Mozilla for the Next 6months in the following Contribution Pathways are:
Localization (L10n)
WebCompact and QA
Womoz
Localization
தொழில்நுட்பத்தில் என்னதான் நிறைய பரிணாம வளர்ச்சிகள் வந்தாலும் (டிஜிட்டல்இந்திய திட்டம் , ஜியோ இலவச இணையதல சேவை), இதைபோல நிறைய திட்டங்கள், சலுகைகள் வந்து போய்கொண்டு தான் உள்ளது. இதனால் படித்தவர்கள், இணையம் உபயோகிக்கும் பயனர்களுக்கு போய் சேர்ந்தால் போதுமா இதுவா உங்கள் திட்டம்? . இந்தியாவில் உள்ள வீதிகளில் உள்ள ஒவ்வொரு சாமானியனுக்கும் போய் சேர வேண்டும், அதுவும் அவர்களுக்கு தெரிந்த, பழக்கபட்ட மொழியில் போய் சேரவேண்டும் அது தான் ஒரு நல்ல திட்டதுற்கான எடுத்துகாட்டாகவும் திகழும். சில தமிழ் படங்களில் கூட நாம் கேள்விபட்ட வசனங்களில் இதுவும் ஒன்று ” அப்போ தமிழ்நாடுல தமிழ்ல பேசன தப்பு” இப்படிதான் நம் சமூகமும் பேசிக்கொண்டு இருக்கிறது.
So if you are a Begineer in Mozilla, this is the firststep to contribute towards Localization part. Here we are Using Pontoon Tool, where we can Localise the Web in Mozilla. And we can also use Someother tools also and you can learn more about Localization in L10Wikipage . And you can Localize the Mozilla Support Articles (SUMO) in your native languages too. We can also localize the Webapps & Some Other Applications using Transifex.
Webcompact and QA
The Main aim for the both is Bug reporting for the Internet. As I know Webcompact is used for report a bug for a Website or for a Browser. We can report and Diagnose a Bug.
First thing If You are a begineer in QA, Want to contribute in it, Please Know about some Schedules and learn what are the Firefox channels to be tested. (BasicIdea)
The Schedules for testing be Firefox (Nightly, Aurora, Beta) can be Happening in all Fridays, Bug Triage Day on all Mondays, Bug verification Day on all Wednesdays. You can Also track the events. For a Begineer, you can participate in those events simply you can follow the instructions, and test the testcases. For a Active Contributor, you must be test the testcases as well as participate in Bug Triage Day and Bug Verification Day.
WoMoz
What is the role of Men in Women Empowerment?
We do NOT live in a “male dominating” society, we live in a “jejune thinking” one.
Since ages, gender work has considered men as “the authorities” whose permission is sought after in order to help women learn new skills, as “the partner” whose support is wanted in order for ladies to thrive, and “the oppressor” whose abuses and privileges must be ended in order for women to be free. Each of these approaches however reduces men, their relationships to women, and the institutional forces that shape them on a societal scale, to a thin slice of a more complex reality.
We have to understand that men are our allies, not some evil who are dominating us. They are not the competitors here, they are the ones who will work equally. Women empowerment doesn’t mean men stepping down the power positions. It means women playing an equally important role with men in today’s world.
A woman passes on values and morals from one generation to next, impacting the development of our society, making society obliged to empower women and invest for their betterment. Since, in our own created universe, men are the center of it, their co-operation and involvement is a must. To make this possible, men needs to be encouraged, educated and exposed about the need to empower women from a very young age.
So, all this concludes the need for the involvement of men in the process. Also, we need all the possible resources available in order to achieve women empowerment or given the scenario gender equality. Maximum available resources are looked after by men, thus, giving another reason for their involvement. We cannot deny the help we need and to get that help we need to be more sensible and influential,as men are the one who can provide us with the immense exposure and help. On the other hand, having men on board in this whole idea will help in getting and influencing more men to work towards the growth of women. A man will get more convinced and understand the importance of it from another man than from a woman. To a level at which a man can make another man understand a woman cannot. I can say that all men want an equal and a better living place for their mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and would want them to grow and empower in any way possible.
மனசாட்சி : Ji Ungala avanga Plan than ketanga, neenga enna storya solrenga ?
Me: Ama pa, First avangaluku ithala ennanu cleara puriyanumla so sonen.
மனசாட்சி: Apo Plans ethum illaya ?
Me: Yaaru Sonna! Plans iruku.
The Plans for the next 6months too be:
Individual contributions to be Active in those 3paths (L10N, QA, WoMoz)
In L10N, I will get involved to Translate and Localize the words or statements in Pontoon tool, Translating some articles in SUMO, And also Contribute in Transifex.
And I can also run Localization Sprint for the new Contributors too.
In QA, Actively participate in Testdays, BugTraigeday and Bug Verification Day in online with NewContributors. In India, we are lacking in QA, So we Must to some plenty of Contributions like an event like Bug Bountry Day Specially for all.
In WoMoz, we have many Solutions for that, we are the mens so we must involved to teach the contributions like L10N, Design, Support, Bugs, Marketing, Codes, QA, Documentation & Blogging in both online or offline. And We can also Invite our follow Active Womoz Contributors for them to teach, so they can inspire from them.
And also Making some Video Tutorials for the begineers, so they can understand clearly.
உங்களின் பங்களிப்பு உங்களுடைய வளர்ச்சிக்கும், சமூகத்துக்கும் பயனுள்ளதாய் அமையும்.
Over to my மனசாட்சி,
மனசாட்சி: Enna Ji ellathaiyum ingaye posta sollitenga?
Me: Ithusumma Trailer thanma Main Picturea Coimbatorela vanthu Paaru!
The Awaited Results are here, I had Became a #FSASenior in Firefox Student Ambassadors Program. It was an Happiest Moment in myLife. I think Im the Firstperson from Tamilnadu to became an #FSASenior of the Program. Thanks to all mySupporters, all mydr Mozillians, all mydr Friends, Without you im not Here. Thanks to MozillaTN, Mozilla India Communities for your GreatSupport.
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