Cheating is okay (As long as you are learning)

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i guess i kind of hit the wall too where it's it gets overwhelming at some points like you the beginner labs are like okay networking cool linux cool i can get past that but then hit those like really really hard things like whoa i wasn't ready for that like trying to jump into a hack the box room was like ah do you just brute force through it do you watch some ipsec's videos or do you just suggest going back to the basics this is a hot topic and this is where it shows how i'm i'm a noob just as well when you're learning i don't think there is any shame in looking at the solutions like if you're trying to ride a bike you're not going to go without the training wheels on for the very first couple of runs right like it's totally okay to peek at the solution to get past whatever wall or to see what new technology you just weren't even looking at because you didn't know was a thing it didn't exist in your mind so you weren't able to go enumerate or go find that or go learn something in that regard if you're not like playing in a competition or something hardcore and intense right now if you're just learning for the sake of learning go check out ipsec in his walkthrough video or go look at the blog posts and articles that someone already wrote a year ago when they worked through this box this machine or this task i don't think there's a big issue in that because you're learning like you're trying to get better and one day the next time you're playing this for a competition for a tournament or you're doing it for your real work and your job you don't know that there is an answer out there you don't know if this thing is vulnerable or not well you practice you've prepped you've been you've been worth the training wheels for so long that now you don't need him anymore and i think that's my perspective if you're banging your head against the wall do it for a little bit but not so much that you bog yourself down and want to give up right