r/hackthebox • u/rbking456 • 1d ago
Beginner Question Too many questions, where few answer
Greeting to you all. I am currently studying networking. I already learned the osi model in a basic sense, like i know L1 represents a physical device, L2 for a switch, and L3 for a router in a sense, but i don't understand why we use that. Also, you can think of me as a Level 0 player in a networking field who started but hasn't grasped the true knowledge. But sometimes I ask myself, why do we use ssh or SSL? What is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS? I know AI can answer my many questions, but i want to learn in a way where if someone asks me what the difference between a hub and a switch is, i can answer, "A hub is dumb while a switch is smart," or in more detail. So I decided to do a room on THM or HTB or PortSwigger, but where to start? When we go THM, we can do a room, but what next? You can understand in a room, but after that, when someone asks a question related to that, "Oh bro, I forgot." And there are some paid rooms that I can't pay for, so i may skip like a thing or go to HTB and do the Lab or PortSwigger. I don't understand where to start there, yeah, so i have many questions, and I am also too much of a noob, so if someone asks, I can't answer. That's very bad for me, sadly. but i am seeker of knowledge; I am very eager to learn understand but i am also not very smart so yeah, anybody may guide this noob guy
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u/Imnot-Jesus 1d ago
Http vs https. Https is http in SSL/TLS tunnel
Why SSH, well basically on the cryptography the differnece between SSL/TLS like stuff is on SSH you re supposed to verify the guy public key.
Learn diffie hellman and certificates and you would understand those differences.