new person to help out ^.^

[warmstone99]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Hotspot Shield, it's a great firewall to have in place. Either that or Zone Alarm Pro.

 

[CntdwnToExtn]

Hotspot is actually a VPN (Virtual Private Network). It secures 100% of your traffic, just not protocols like HTTPS communication.

 

[office politics]

SANS: Information Security Training, Certification & Research

Metasploit Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

eEye Digital Security - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[bob442]

well not sure if your look for any reading material, but cisco's penetration testing and network defense book would be a good read for ya.

good luck!