@koushik777 said:
im new to hacking , i though of trying this box , cant do … but when u guys said this the the easiest box in htb … i feel like im not fit for hacking…
@akhileshadz said:
im also feeling like that
Ignore comments like that. People like to post ■■■■ like that because it makes them feel like they are good. The truth is it’s all relative, what’s simple for someone might be hard for someone else and vice versa, it just depends on the path you’ve taken to get where you are.
I have my OSCP, I’m on the Synack Red Team, I’ve popped more boxes and done more challenges than I could count and right now I’m browsing this thread looking for clues because I’ve been working on this box for an hour and I’m completely stuck and haven’t even found the foothold yet.
Does this mean I suck? I need help on the supposedly easiest box out of the hundreds that HTB has ever published according to RandomUser69420!! Should I quit SRT, delete my accounts and hide my face in shame? No, it just means I’m stuck. A state I’ve been in thousands of times, and a state I’m going to be in thousands more. That’s all this journey is really, a whole ■■■■ of a lot of being stuck, frustrated, confused and lost. If you start comparing yourself to other people or evaluating your selfworth when you are in that state, you are going to have either a very short journey, because you get depressed and quit, or a very unsatisfying one, because no matter how “good” or how far you get, there is always going to be someone better and father. Don’t compensate for that by trying to lift yourself up with forum comments to inform everyone of how easy you found something, instead realize that every frustration and every time you are stuck means you are about to learn something, you are about to acquire some knowledge you didn’t have before, and your skill is about to increase by a little bit.
So am I ashamed I’m in here looking for help on the easiest box in the history of hacking? ■■■■ no, I’m excited because when I finally figure this ■■■■ out I’m going to feel good about it, because my goal is always the same, “Did I get better today?” and I will have accomplished that. And in the event I can’t figure this out, and I give up, I’m still going to feel good about today because all the dead ends and ■■■■ I tried that didn’t work still made me better in the process. If that’s what you tie your self esteem to, and that’s how you mark your progress and view what it means to succeed, then there isn’t a single person on the planet who can make you feel bad about yourself, or keep you from doing what it is you want to do, because you don’t need to get the approval of all the RandomUser69420s out there to become a hacker, you just need to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
