Hello friends, I am Sanjay Gupta. I welcome you on my channel. Long programming to be, you can search my channel on YouTube. You can subscribe my channel for updates. It contains 800 plus videos. In this video, I am going to demonstrate you how you can calculate some of diagonal of 2D array in Java. First of all, I am going to import a package whose name is Util and inside this package a class is available scanner. So I am going to import this scanner class. That's why I have written this statement. Now I am going to define a class whose name is diagonal sum inside this class. I am going to define main function. So main function will be containing the complete code. So this is 2D array declaration. I am going to read values of rows and column from user that variable as now to receive input from user. First I need to create instance of scanner class with the help of this input I can receive inputs from user. So first I am going to display the masses, enter row and column size. So row size will be stored inside R variable and column size will be stored inside C variable. Now memory allocation so this way I have declared 2D array of RC size. So this statement will display the masses, enter elements. Now enter elements will be received with the help of these master loop. So line number 14 to 17 are responsible for reading input from user. After reading input I have to calculate some of diagonal elements. So again I am going to use these master loops. Here I am going to provide if condition if IW equals to J. So I is representing row index and J is representing column index. So if both are same it means they are representing diagonal position. So here I can write S equals to S plus ARR IJ. So IJ if both are equal it means diagonal elements are available. So those elements will be added into S variable. After completion of these master loops I can print some on output screen.  There is one more logic available which will calculate some of diagonal using single loop. So after execution of this code I will also demonstrate you how you can do that. So first I am going to execute this code. Here you can see I am compiling and executing the code. I am entering row size as 3, 3. Make sure that row and column size must be equal because diagonal is available in square matrix where rows and column size are equal. So I have to enter 9 elements. I have entered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. See the output. So diagonal elements if we write 1, 2, 3. So in first row 1 is diagonal element. Then 4, 5, 6, 5 is diagonal element. Then 7, 8, 9. 9 is diagonal element. So 1 plus 5 plus 9 equals to 15. So this program is working properly. It is calculating proper diagonal sum. Now I am going to show you how you can calculate diagonal sum through one loop. So I am making this logic as comment. Now I am going to write another logic. Here you can see I am repeating only one loop and I am applying this logic. S equals to S plus ARRI. You can see I am using same index for row and column. So if you see the diagonal position 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2. So if matrix is of 3 by 3 then diagonal positions indexes are same. 0, 0, 1, 1 and 2, 2. So if I write same variable for row and column index then they will automatically provide diagonal position. So with the help of this single loop you can also calculate diagonal sum of 2 ARRI. So I have saved the code. Now again I am going to compile this code. I have updated that's why I am re-compiling it. After successful compilation I have to execute the code. Again I am going to enter row and column sizes 3, 3 and after that I have to enter 9 elements. So you can see the output. Again it is showing 15 S sum of diagonal. So it means there are 2 possible methods for calculating sum of diagonal of 2 ARRI. You can use nested loops as well as you can do that operation with the help of single loop. I hope you have understood whatever I have demonstrated you in this video. If you like this video you can subscribe my channel. You can follow me on YouTube. Thank you for watching this video.


When Nintendo first announced that an Animal Crossing game was coming to the Switch, this was my reaction. Okay. I have never actually played through an Animal Crossing game before. I mean, sure, I've watched my friends play the GameCube version in the past, and yeah, maybe when they got up to use the bathroom I went around cutting down all their trees, but it's pretty safe to say I've never fully understood the widespread appeal of the Animal Crossing series as a whole. We're perfect! We're perfect! I always thought that the animorphic human-like creatures looked less like adorable Nintendo characters and more like those weird mismatched stuffed animals that kids designed for Ikea. Ultimately, I just didn't understand what you were supposed to do in these games. You know, other than treat trees like your own personal shape-weights and enabling a small raccoon's insatiable addiction to buying bugs and fish. I've been trying to tell you why Animal Crossing games are so fun. I'm very excited for this new one. Because I've played all the other ones, and it looks like New Horizons has added a ton of new features to make the adventure even more interesting, and at the very least the graphics are going to be better than whatever this is supposed to be. Oh yeah! Yeah, it's fair, but I was always going to give Animal Crossing a chance to impress me, so... So, this isn't just Wood's review of Animal Crossing New Horizons. It's what it's like for him to play an Animal Crossing game for the first time while Kim just lives her best island life. This video is sponsored by a satisfied 35% off stuck-at-home sale. I pre-downloaded my game the day before its release, so that I didn't have to go into GameStop and pick it up in person, because of virus. I gave these tiny furballs my name, date of birth, credit card details, and social security number, and they let me pick my new home's location out of four randomly generated islands. I chose the one that had a little heart-shaped pond up top because, well, I wanted to leave me alone, and off I flew to a small patch of grass with rocks and middle-aged ladies' exercise equipment to begin my life being stuck on a series of tiny islands. As expected, I didn't really know what to do at first. While Kim seemed to already know exactly what to do, I ran around trying to catch all the animals and discovered that they don't much care for that, so I turned my focus to fishing. That's much better. That's going to be one of those kinds of games. So the trees in my game are cherry trees. I figured this was normal for everyone until I glanced over at Kim's game and noticed that she had orange trees, definitely a lesser tree, and I quickly learned that island life was like a box of chocolates. We did it dad, ice cream. There's fun to be had in just finding different fruits on other islands and growing them at home on yours. On top of that, you also start with two randomized villages, or the islanders, I guess. I have a goat and a squirrel who sorely needs me to build her a salon rather than a museum, but one day at a time. I can only squeeze so much iron out of these rocks. Oh, hey, they put me in the game. As I sat there exploring my island that first day, the sun began to set over the beautiful and somewhat barren island known as Wood Isle. Yes, I self titled my island. Hey, at least I didn't go with island mups. This was my first experience with New Horizons in sync with the real world day and night cycle. Just like in real life, the stores close way too early. Normal people with real jobs who aren't YouTubers are awake only during the day. And as soon as it gets dark, giant spiders roam the land. Oh, I'm sorry, my nookie ear is ringing.  But, you know, I just want to get everything done before the in-game day ends.   Those task actors are way to push along, I guess, what you could call the main story, whether it's gathering resources, planning out where to build new homes or making a pretty new wardrobe. But Taskmaster Nook will only give you certain things to do once a day. Those things might take you a few minutes or possibly days, depending on how much time you have to play. When you do eventually finish a task, you might need to wait a day or even two before you can start the next thing. Buildings can take days to get built, trees won't spring up overnight, even small things, like ordering Cornu items in the mail take a day or two to get delivered. I mean, you are living on an island. What did you expect, Amazon Prime? You've got mail. Oh, okay, well, all right then. So, there's this guy, you know, waiting patiently to get his shiny new Sambarero in the mail, and then I glance over at Kim's game once again. And animal crossing is just how some people play the game. If you can only play the game at night, for example, you'll miss out on whatever's happening during the day, like any of the fish or the bugs that you can only catch during the daytime.  All right, well, it is time to be real with you folks, because my first day on the island wasn't exactly all peaches and gravy. And once I completed everything for the day, and I was just stuck waiting for both the museum to be built and my home to become, well, less like a tent, I dabbled with the idea of cheating and just skipping ahead as well. In my defense, you can't store anything anywhere until you've built your first house. So I'm just out here with pockets full of critters, materials, and furniture.  I even tweeted out to ask how you guys felt about it, to see if date skipping was just a part of the animal crossing culture. And while most of you preferred not to cheat, there was still plenty of you that would happily step into a nookaloring and on a one-way trip the next week. But I decided to be a good little villager and the next morning I awoke to a gleeful tom, greeting me into a new wonderful day on Wood Isle. And as I took in the sights around me and looked at everything that was built while I slept and I checked my mail for that hat I ordered, perfect, I began to work on a new day's worth of activities and it all finally hit me. The animal crossing experience, the day to day of it all. Putting in a hard day's work to improve your town, saving up your bells to buy fun new things and then cram them into your house, a spot of fishing to wind down the day before staying up way too late exploring randomized islands for new creatures and resources. Each and every new real-life day I woke up excited, rushing downstairs like a kid on Christmas to grab my switch and see what was new. And just like that, like a ton of bricks, like getting slapped in the face. I get it now, I understand, I see the light. Have you seen? And able to put animal crossing down, the more I experience, the more I become engrossed in my little adorable world. These characters are no longer mismatched stuffed IKEA animals to me. Now I see them as Billy and Hazel, my lovable fellow islanders going about their day as much as I am mine. I sell my goods to these little nooklets, I work away at my home loan debt and I dig up dinosaur bones for this weird owl. Last Sunday, a lady sold me turnips and next Sunday, I'm gonna stock up on a few more. I have no idea what this game has in store for me each day and the changing weather and seasons bring new life to my island all the time. So you know what, Sean B? And bring it on. Within four days, I went from not being sure how anyone could be addicted to animal crossing to staying up all night, chopping down every tree and pulling every weed out of a random island so that I could force the game into only spawning eight-legged nasties that for some reason sell for 8,000 bells each. Not that I'm complaining because my entire house was paid for in spider money. You know, I honestly think the only complaint I have is that I can't move the camera around freely. Being forced to only look in one direction can be very frustrating at times, especially when you have this stunning island and you can only explore it from one point of view. You know what I think? Yeah, it's gross. Why are you eating it? It was here. Unlike the previous games, the story in this one feels a lot more immersive and it has me wanting to know what the next project I need to work on is. I'm enjoying being able to build up my island the way I want and the graphics are so much better in this one that I'm honestly really attached to my little villagers. So much so that I've started doing fan art of them. But if you could just hurry up and give me my Isabelle, that'd be great. Thanks. I really like the new animal crossing. Oh, what's that? Why?   So even if you're technically done fulfilling the wishes of the islanders for the day, you can still spend hours stacking up miles and bells to buy yourself new clothes, DIY plans, warpapers, postcards to send to friends and so much more. The collectible nature of the game from the aforementioned achievements to the large catalog of items can be addicting in itself but the impressive wildlife glossary alone has a Pokemon-esque draw to it that really makes me wanna catch them all.  Oh my God! Animal Crossing New Horizons finally gave me a reason to charge my Switch since Pokemon Shield, so thanks. Animal Crossing New Horizons gave me a reason to shove a store into this cantaloupe which is not how anyone drinks a cantaloupe. No! Oh! Bye. Oh wait, subscribe. Now bye. No! No! No! Oh no, no, no! Thanks for watching. I wanna give a huge thank you to girlfriend reviews for having that little cameo that started this video. 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A few months ago, I put out a video on my PTS or Penetration Testing student or the EJPT or E-Learn Security Junior Penetration Tester course exam certification, all of that. And after I had released that video, I got a couple of comments and questions. It says, hey, John, can you do this for ECPPT or the PTP course, the Penetration Testing Professional or E-Learn Security Certified Penetration Testing Professional Penetration Tester? I'm gonna mess that up. I was like, in reality, I joked like it's the ECPPT TTT course, because I just feel like I say that all the time. Regardless, this is that video. This is a review and some discussion on the PTP course and the ECPPT certification and exam. So let's dive in. First of all, a little bit of overview and background, right? So this is the course and certification exam that E-Learn Security puts out in regards to their second tier of penetration testing and teaching that material. This is meant to come off the tails of PTS or the Penetration Testing student. It's supposed to be just a smidge more advanced or kind of more of an intermediate level of penetration testing in sort of their red team track. Next up after this is PTX or Penetration Testing Extreme, but PTP is kind of the middle ground for someone that wants to get into penetration testing and red teaming stuff. So their course and everything that E-Learn Security puts out is all hands-on and practical. It's all supposed to be on the keyboard. It's all supposed to be applicable stuff, real-world scenarios and situations, and I love that about their material. So if you actually go take a look at their course on the webpage, they discuss what they're going to cover in that course. So they discuss some network penetration testing, of course, a web app, pen testing, some Wi-Fi, which is super duper cool, system security, kind of the low-level stuff between buffer overflow, shell coding and reverse engineering and binary exploitation. It even covers some Windows stuff, not just Linux. Obviously a lot of post exploitation, a lot of privilege escalation, and it showcases Ruby and PowerShell. That's super cool because Ruby is all about, hey, this is what Metasploit is going to end up using. This is what Metasploit is written in, and you're totally welcome to use Metasploit. And the discussion of PowerShell makes it a lot more real-world because I know that's still out there, obviously. You need that all the time for whatever you're working in within Windows. So on their website, they showcase all the different sections and the modules of things that you're going to end up looking at. You could obviously go more in depth with that if you want to check out the syllabus, but that's the surface-level overview. That's what they cover in the course, and they showcase a lot of good stuff. Let me show you kind of the insides. Let me show you what you're looking at when you actually access the course, if you had bought it and you're working through all the material, because there are going to offer you, for one thing, slides, presentations. They have lab handouts and lab exercises for you to work through. The labs are fantastic because they're willing to give you the solution and actually showcase this is how you do this. This is the walkthrough if you get stuck. All of their stuff is super up to date. They obviously have the whole private student forums where you can go and ask for help if you need a little bit more instruction from someone that's really done this before, the actual instructors, the moderators, and facilitators in the student forum. And of course, this leads to the ECPPT certification. So the exam itself isn't just a multiple-choice test, kind of like PTS or that EJPT course was. Of course, that multiple-choice test was paired with a real-world application or an actual penetration test, an actual penetration testing scenario for you to work through. This one is all penetration testing, no multiple choice, and then after the fact you have to submit a report or formal, official, legitimate penetration testing report on everything that you've worked through inside of a corporate network. So with that said, the course will give you everything that you need to pass the exam. I know a lot of people ask me like, oh, how do I prepare for this exam? How do I prepare for this certification? How do I prepare for X? Well, if it comes with a course, take the course, right? Go through all the PDFs, read through all the slides, do all the labs, take notes, do everything that you can that the course is going to give you because that's the best way to prepare for what that course exam and certification challenge is going to be. And because eLearn security stuff is so real-world and in a corporate network, right, you're going to be moving from machine to machine and getting into different parts of a network. So you need to know how to pivot, how to use auto route, how to port forward, how to set up a SOX proxy, and all of their content is going to guide you through that. It also adds a really interesting dynamic and challenges that you wouldn't see in other certification exam or in other actual certifying bodies and their courseware that they put out. Like obviously, you know, there are certifications and tests out there that ask you to perform a buffer overflow and get exploit and access to a victim machine or the target. But I haven't seen them do that before inside of a pivoted network like compartmentalized space where you have to redirect that exploit to something that you've already compromised that's deeper inside of a layered segmented network. So that adds a serious challenge to that. And it's honestly really cool because now you're exploring different aspects of metasploit or some code that you've written or proxies that you've set up that you might not have done before. And because it's so real-world, you can use metasploit. Like there's no limitation on what tools you can use. And that's pretty awesome because that's something that you'd see out there doing actual pen tests. Like you're not going to be handicapped on what tools you can or cannot use just because some piece of paper says so. So I'm trying to be as like impartial as I can be and just like, you know, a surveyor of what's out there and give my input. So it's not all sunshine and roses, right? So as I'm saying, yes, all their content is fantastic. I love the stuff that they do. You can tell I'm a big fan of eLearn security. My gripe with this, when I was talking about the buffer overflow, right, I think it's well known to them. I think a lot of other people have said, going through the courseware, going through PTP or that penetration testing professional course, right in the members area, right when you get started on the course, they start off with the system security module. And that one is the one that's all about, okay, reverse engineering and doing assembly and crafting that buffer overflow exploit. And that can be, I think, a little intimidating for the newcomers or some that are just getting started, because it's dirty, it's dark, you know, it's in assembly, it's in the weeds, it's in the stuff where you're not just flying through commands on a command line with your terminal and Cali and breezing through machines with throwing exploits and stuff that some of the other cool, okay, web app pen testing or network pen testing stuff that the rest of the course showcases. So I don't want that to take away from anyone that's just getting started, because hey, that system security module upfront, right in the center, maybe that's going to spook a few people, but only gripe really only gripe. Okay, now that all that's out of the way, let's talk about the cool stuff, the stuff that you guys really care about. Let's talk about the certification itself and the exam. So I started the exam, no, I submitted the exam on March 6. And I got my results back to me on March 16. So that was 10 days. I know they say, okay, it's going to take us maybe 30 business days, it'll take us 30 days to get back to you after reading your report and grading everything. I know some people have had, they've been stuck in limbo and been waiting for their exam to be graded and get the results back and they might just get up to like the brink of the 30 day period, or that might even take longer. So mine came through quickly, I guess 10 days, I know, offensive security offset will say, okay, it'll take us 10 business days at max to get back to you. Maybe 30 days is a lot, maybe it's because it's a much more thorough and real world report. From what I understand, I think it's just one guy that is reading and going through the report and grading it all. One guy. I know that's tough, right? So eLearn security is growing, they're getting bigger, they're getting their whole reputation in the industry and they're certifying, I don't know, word of mouth everyone is getting to know who that eLearn security company is, it's certifying body and their stuff is great. Maybe okay, let's amp up that team. Maybe we could add a few more people that are going through and reviewing some of these so we can knock out those grades faster for people and getting the exam results back because 30 days, maybe it's a long time and I know some people that have been waiting for longer than that. Okay, so I want to be as transparent with you guys as I can be. I want to showcase to you everything that I can. I want to showcase, here's some of the files, this is kind of like my file structure for while I was going through the exam. Take notes, that's my always like go to advice, best advice, take as much notes as you can, organize things by the box and the machine that you're working against, have folders set up for each, keep track of your scans, keep track of everything that you can. One thing that I recommend to people and I know it's not an issue for the eLearn security guys is go ahead and screen record. You're going to need to have screenshots for your report as many as you can include. So there's no problem in like, okay, keep track of everything that you're working on all of your work while you're going through the exam. If you have that screen record going, you can go back to it and say, oh, when I forgot to accidentally grab this screenshot, I overlooked it.  You've got the footage and you can go back to it. So one thing that I want to do and I'm actually kind of both weirded out by this and kind of excited for it is I want to showcase my exam footage, right, spooky, scary, but I'm speeding it up and I'm blurring it. So hopefully there are no secrets leaked. There's nothing bad in that, but I want to include that here, just kind of off the side so you guys can see this is a applicable, practical, hands-on exam. And that's what eLearn security is all about, doing the real world stuff and being on keyboard. So I want to showcase that. It's off to the side. I'll just let that go for the video. And then you can see, like, this is real stuff. This is really what we're talking about. This is the depth and how much goes into it, how much the exam could take, right, on the keyboard, real, real stuff. I do want to drive the point home that this whole thing is all about learning, right? It's all about bettering yourself. It's all about sharpening your skill, educating yourself. And I want to say that that doesn't stop. Even when you get to the exam, it's a test, right? It's going to be testing you even on things that you might not have had exposure to before. The course is going to give you all the concepts. The course is going to give you all the mentality, the methodology, but you still got to do your own research and be that hacker, or that penetration tester, that red teamer. So, I mean, even taking the test, like the first initial foothold was something that I hadn't seen before, like that technique, kind of that vulnerability, or that avenue to gain command execution was something that I hadn't seen before. And I'm like, wow, this is really cool. Like, I'm having fun. And that's, I don't know why I enjoy doing these practical hands-on ones, because it's going to be so much more retained and so much more value than something like a multiple choice test or some rote memorization thing. So, I love that a lot. And I want to talk about the reporting, right? Because you can probably see in the video kind of going off of the side. It's like I'm taking notes and I'm writing my reports while I'm going through the exam. So, that might be just me taking a page out of my experience with a ton of off-sec certs and courses, because they always require a report. And now, eLearn Security for this certification, this exam, and the others going forward do as well. With that in mind, eLearn Security needs a much more thorough report. It needs like the real vulnerability classifications between what OWASP will say or what the CVE is or the CWE. Or what significance does this cause? How critical is this? How can this be mitigated or mediated or patched in the future so this isn't going to happen later on? How can this company, how can this business or this corporation actually take this penetration test and improve because of that? So, that's going to be left up to you. That's left up to the person taking the test, taking the exam to go do that research and learn, okay, I found this vulnerability. How can I defend against it? How can I patch this? How can I make sure that this doesn't happen again in the future? So, that report's going to be much more thorough and more than what you've been doing if you've been taking some other certifications. I know off-sec requires it. And between what I've said in other videos, I always say write your report while you're doing the exam, while you're taking the test, while you're going through all that steps and doing the penetration test. My opinion doesn't change on that. Still take your notes, write your report while you're going through it. And that might be hard to do in this because it's asking you to include that defensive stuff, get really in depth on what this vulnerability is, what classification does it have in the MITRE framework, what MITRE attack, TTP does this map against, etc. I still think having your, I guess what I called like my exploitation narrative or while I'm going through all the steps, you're writing down what I did, how I did it, what commands I entered, etc. I still think having that step-by-step sort of walk-through that you're pouring in is going to help you. I actually, when I wrote my report, I had both in there. I did what I would normally, I guess in my mind, I consider what I would normally do for a regular, I hate to say it, but off-sec report, right? Where I discuss and close, disclose everything that I did, step-by-step to walk through my exploitation. And that's my narrative. That's my write-up in all, like, that's the best word for it, I think. In all, what is that phrase that I'm trying to think of? In all intents and purposes. Yeah, that's right. It's my write-up. So with that, I would also add in the other sections and what the eLearn security wanted for their formal report, getting the defensive perspective in there. How can I patch or remediate these vulnerabilities? What really is this vulnerability? What is the significance or impact of what this does and what it can do? How could it be leveraged in other ways? And they require to be really, really that in depth. So I want to showcase actually a snippet of my report. Right, let me show you what my report looked like. It was, what a, let me check the page number here. 85 pages. So 85 pages for my ECPPT report. I don't know if that's the same for everyone. Maybe yours is going to be significantly less. Maybe yours is going to be significantly more. Again, I went through and wrote this all in Markdown. I've covered that in plenty of other videos where I just take notes, write everything in Markdown, then use the icevogel.tech or pandoc thing to convert it in delay tech and make it that PDF. Because you all require to submit this as a PDF. Another point related to the reporting is that because you're asked to do a full and thorough penetration test, you don't just include, okay, everything that you did to get root. Right, you need to go look at all of the other vulnerabilities that might be present on that web server, on that database, on that machine that you've gained access to. You want to have the coverage and track down every single hole in crevice that you can. So it's not just as straightforward. You want to be the professional. You want to be writing a professional report that's for a professional pen test that makes you a professional pen tester. So you cover everything. Don't forget to go look at all of those other vulnerabilities that you might not have used to escalate your privileges or actually gain an initial foothold. But you want to be able to include, I also see SQL injection over here. I also see cross-site scripting over here. I also see local file inclusion over here. I also can tell that I can privisk with this set UID binary, whatever the case may be, right? And on that note, since I mentioned the privisk, obviously you need to get to the core center of the network and own it, become root, compromise that machine. And that is the passing criteria to be able to actually say, you completed it and successfully accomplished everything that you needed to to pass the exam, pass the test and get the certification. What that requires and what I really like about this is ECPPT and eLearn security stuff is it's about understanding the software and the technology and the programming language that's being used in an application and why it's working the way that it does and how you can abuse it yourself. Like what technique, what trick, what can you unveil or unravel about the application that can allow you to manipulate it and escalate your privileges or abuse it to get code execution or reach local files, whatever the case may be. It's more than, oh geez, so this is where I get to answering the questions that I know people are lurking in the back of their mind or the obvious elephant in the room because people are always comparing and looking at these certifications, everything that's out there and saying like, why should I take this one rather than this one or how can this prepare me for this or what do I do? Obviously you are up to compare ECPPT and OSCP, so eLearn security and offensive security stuff. Again, want to be impartial, I'm disclaimer, I'm trying to be as unbiased as I can be because I am just some guy out there on the internet that's doing these as well. I'm just a surveyor, I'm just hopefully someone in the community that can talk about my opinion in my experience and offer my input. So I think when you're trying to compare these two, you can't, you're comparing apples and oranges. Obviously they're different tests, but not so much that, they're testing you on different things. Like OSCP is there to test you on can you look at this software, identify the software name and the software version number, and then go research and find a vulnerability and exploit. You can pull off the shelf, adjust some IP and like the target victim IP address and the port number, fire it off and see if it works, adjust it as needed. eLearn security ECPPT is testing you on understanding that program, understanding that language that it's running in and knowing what to do when something is strange and odd and being able to do that yourself. OSCP's different tests and they're asking you to do different things. One is asking you to research, one is asking you to explore and tinker and break and manipulate and they're just different. So when people ask me should I use this as a jumping point to go take another certification and you can switch and swap what certification goes in which spot in there. Can I use X to prepare for Y or Y to prepare for X? In my opinion, I think that someone who has gone through all of the material and has taken the ECPPT exam and passed it, they could go and take OSCP without studying, without looking at their material, without going through the course and they could pass right away. They could breeze through it, instant go through. I don't think that it's true the other way around. Vice versa, I don't think that someone that has gone through all the material for OSCP could do this for ECPPT. That's because of the pivoting, that's because of the understanding of the languages and the understanding of the programming. Again, just my opinion, I think that what ECPPT asks of you is more so than what OSCP asks of you. My opinion might be wrong, just wanting to share that is my take on it. I think that one taking this exam could go take the other without a problem, not the other way around. That's my pick on that. Unbiased, disclaimer, not trying to bash or point fingers to do anything. Just when I weigh these two in my hand, in my head, and in my hands figuratively, that's what I think. Does it help you prepare for OSCP? Absolutely. Does OSCP help prepare you for this? Absolutely. Where does CEH work? Where does PEN Test Plus work? Where do all these other certifications go? They're all different. They're all testing you for different things. This one I think asks a lot of you and you'll get a lot of value and worthwhile learning and education out of it. When people say, should I go for the certification? Should I look at eLearn security stuff? My immediate answer is, yeah, duh, obviously, look at all this. So should you go for the certification? Do you feel like you're not ready for it? Do you feel like you're not prepared? That doesn't matter. You're never going to feel prepared. You're never going to feel like, oh, I've studied for X, I've studied for Y for so long and I still don't feel like I'm ready for it. It doesn't matter. Jump in, do it, take it. And if you fail, that's okay because now you know what you're up against. Now you can take it again, get that real take in, and just cruise right through it because now you know what to study. Now you know what more to prepare for. Now you know the gaps in the holes that you need to fill to expand your learning, to expand your knowledge. That's my take. That's my cut. Okay.   Seven days after the fact to write your report. So a lot of time, pretty generous and not extremely stressful like some others might be. You don't lose as much sleep over it as you would. And it's very real world in that sense, right? Because it's going to give you an actual legitimate amount of time to go look at the network and to go write your report. When people ask me, like, hey John, how long did it take you to go through the exam? I think I split it up into like two days because the first day when I jumped into it I was having a lot of fun, like I feel like I got into a lot of different boxes or found a lot of little holes and vulnerabilities that I could work with and then when I, I don't know, I ran out of steam and put it away for a little bit and came back to it a few days later. Having the footage, again, having the video footage just being a godsend, I looked through that and I guess calculating and measuring how long all the videos took and all that screen recording, that's a total of like 12 hours and almost 12 and a half hours. So I guess that is how long it took me on like real actual time on the keyboard. But writing the report was a much more significant time sink again because of how much we needed to pour into it to make it that thorough professional penetration testing report. I think I took almost five, six the whole week for that just to get that in. And I mean, you could see it. I think it was February 25th if you saw on the video when I started the exam and submitted the report on March 6th. So it's not something to take lightly and I'm not trying to say any of those numbers or days just a boast or anything. It's just I want you to see everything. I want you to be as in the know as you can be and I want to share everything that I can with you so you are much more aware and understanding. So okay. I've been talking for a while. I want to wrap this up. Last thoughts, parting notes. You guys know me, right? You know I'm a big fan of eLearn security and this PTP course and the ECPPT certification exam. It was honestly just a lot of fun. You know, I love the practical hands-on application based exams and tests and challenges. And this was no exception. Being able to pivot and use auto route and Sox proxy and port forward and all those crazy cool things. I don't see that anywhere else and eLearn security just hits the nail on the head with that. Same thing with all of their potential privests and vulnerabilities. I'm learning about things that I hadn't seen before and being able to do that both in the course and outside of the course even in the exam is really, really cool. So when people say, hey, do you recommend this? Yeah. Yeah, I do recommend this. I think you should go for it and I think you should check out some of the other eLearn security certs. I hope I can maybe roll through like PTX next. The penetration tests are extreme and hopefully roll through some of those others in that network penetration testing path that they have there. We got EJPT out of the way. We got ECPPT out of the way. What else do you guys want to see? Should we see PTX? Should we move on like, hey, do some web pen testing to some of their mobile stuff? They got so much stuff and I love it. So I hope you guys do as well. If you're curious about this course, if you're curious about the certification exam, go check it out. I hope this video helps you learn a little bit. Hope you get a little bit of insight as to what it really looks like and what someone who's taken the test and what they can share with you and give their opinion and review. So I hope you study. I hope you take a lot of notes. I hope you screen record. I hope you just dive into it and learn as much as you can and absorb and take notes. Man, I can't say it enough. You always want to take away something that you can use in the future. You want to encapsulate and capture what you're working on, what you've worked with, what you can use later on when you see a similar bug or vulnerability or exploit or something that you've, you know you worked with before. That's why you probably saw earlier in my folders, I saved all of the videos, all of the slides, all the PDFs, all the presentations that they can give and even everything that I covered going through the exam. 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Oh, my gosh. I can see the summit. I didn't expect us to be this close. See, Hamid is the best. Look at these views. Is this even real? I don't want to leave. This is unlike anything that I've ever experienced. Good morning, everybody. I hope you're doing well. If you're new here, my name is Habiba. I'm a full-time adventure traveler and this is my channel Tracking Pals where I share my adventures traveling around the world. Today, I am in the beautiful village of Imlil in the outskirts of Marrakech and the reason I'm out here is the climb Mount Tuqal. It's the highest peak in Morocco and the highest peak in North Africa and the Arab world. And it's been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember and I'm so excited that I'm finally out here to give it a try. But before our adventure starts, I want to show you the view out of my balcony from the guest house where I'm staying which I will give you a tour of later on in this video. But first, this view. The view out of the balcony is amazing. Look at all the mountains, the valley, the villages, snow up top, so many trees. I was told that most of these trees are either pecan trees, cherries or apples. I tried some pecans yesterday and I have to be honest, they're probably one of the best that I've ever had. I was just told that breakfast is ready so I'm gonna head upstairs to fuel up before we start our adventure for the day. Let's go! I have to see how much of this food I can fit in. This breakfast is great. Oh my gosh. It's my favorite. It's got tea and If you guys haven't had msimmen before, it's such a popular traditional Moroccan flatbread. So good. I usually eat it with the cheese and honey. Today it'll probably be cheese and jam. We started our adventure from the small village of Mzik. Emily is surrounded by many small villages with houses carved into the mountain an incredible sight as we make our way to the trailhead. We've been hiking for a bit now and we just got to the sign of the National Park. Earlier on the trail we had to go through the security checkpoints so you have to show up with your ID and you must have a guide with you since the incident that happened a few years ago. So we had that done and we've been trekking through these beautiful views. It's spectacular. The weather is great and couldn't be happier. We've been hiking for quite a bit now and I think we're getting close to our next rest stop. What I'm liking so far about this trail is that there are many points on the trail where you can stop to grab some snacks. I was told that there's even rock and mint tea and orange juice on the trail which I'm very excited about. So I'm hoping that this next stop will be the one. There's orange juice. Salam. How are you? Alhamdulillah. Do you want lemon juice? Do you want lemon juice? Do you want lemon juice? Yes. What kind of juice? That's what I was talking about. There's a vendor right here. You can grab a drink or snacks and I can hear a waterfall all the way out but I'm sure that we will see it as we advance on the trail. A few seats right there over here and we're also sharing the trail with a bunch of people this morning. We're getting close to our next checkpoint, Shamharush. There are so many vendors right there. This site is pretty popular even for people just taking day hikes to get to Shamharush but there are also a lot of beautiful waterfalls and it's a good spot where you can refill on water. One thing that I've been enjoying about this hike is that we don't have to pack a lot of water and even my guide told me that just to avoid a lot of waste I can just hike with half a bottle because there's a lot of water throughout the way and you can refill whenever you need to. That's the waterfall right there. Sony. We've been also coming across a lot of mules taking provision to the refuge or helping people pack their luggage all the way up to the refuge. This is actually not my first time at this site because I've been to Imliil before and I made my way to Shamharush but that was it. That was part of a school trip a long while back but I'm happy to be back. We came all the way there we passed Shamharush and look at these views. For some reason they remind me of Arizona just the rock formations and all. I mean I'm not surprised it's still the desert and here's another point where you can stop if you want to grab a drink or a bite to eat there are so many of them which makes this site pretty convenient. We're taking a short break at this rest stop just like the ones before you can grab some drinks if you'd like but I'm really loving the view from here you can see the whole waterfall that I showed you guys earlier the views are so epic and as we're making our way up all I'm thinking about is that I need more time out here it's just not enough you don't get enough of how incredible these views are. We've been trekking for a bit now I just consulted my map on all trails which I was very happy to find and I think we're a little bit past halfway elevation wise I think we are a little bit shy away from 9,000 feet 9,000 feet which is not bad I mean overall the trail pretty easy to follow well maintained there are some sections with a lot of loose rocks but it's manageable and as always I'm finding the trekking course to be super helpful I'm trekking up the mountain over 2 days but there are a lot of people who take 3-4 days if you have more days you can spend them here and they just sat camp right there to have lunch and it looks like a really really cool spot down there in case you have more days to spare the views here are so nice and so nice so many waterfalls this is amazing the landscape is pretty different up here since we left Shamharush the last sets of trees we saw were the Spanish junipers but the climate is so arid right here it's difficult for trees to grow and thrive but there are a bunch of shrubs and some dry vegetation it makes for great vegetation for goats there are a bunch of goats right here like few families in the village they have herds of 200, 300 they just graze here all day long and I was told that their stable is up there in the mountain where they spend the night but I need to continue on keeping a consistent pace not too slow not too fast but I can't wait to get to the refuge and maybe enjoy some minty along the way that would be a fun treat we can see some snow on the peaks over there but that's not quite the peak yet the summit of Tup Khan is a bit behind it oh boy steep we just stopped for a lunch break by a small waterfall here and just like usual I feel like it's becoming usual for me when I get to 10,000 feet it just gets hard for me to consume any food but I force myself to have some snacks and some bread and what I like the most are the pecans walnuts they're actually walnuts and these walnuts are from Imlil the trees that I showed you guys earlier in the video these were harvested not too long ago and prepared for our trek today and I absolutely love them but this is the view got all the mountains and in a little bit here we will continue on to make our way to the refuge they have a lot of markers on the way to help guide you up and they look like the Indonesian flag I see Indonesia everywhere I go if you are finding my channel for the first time I do actually have a group trip to Indonesia to the beautiful island of Bali and it's taking place from May 7th to May 14th of 2023 so if you would like to join me for 8 days of adventuring hiking, swimming, snorkeling enjoying the cuisine the valentines cuisine and the culture be sure to check the link in my description box I will also leave it in the first comment and join me for an adventure of a lifetime in a beautiful island of Bali can't wait to see you guys we're getting pretty close to the refuge I cannot wait right there just made it to the refuge and I'm already welcomed by some mint tea here in Sobkal there are two refuges the one behind me right here is by the French Alpine Club that's where I'm going to be staying for tonight and then right behind me right there is another refuge Refuge des Mouflans so two options that you have to choose from and towards the end of the video I'm going to share more details about the reservation process and how you can make your reservation online before showing up in here otherwise your guide can walk you through how that works but the view from here the camp is just so incredible and this tea is such a treat I'm so happy to be here this is the terrace a bunch of people hanging out some drinks and then that's going to take me up to come on bed for the night these are the dorms these dorms are mixed but you know they're decent they do the job usually people would either bring their own sleeping bags or they can give you blankets I asked for two blankets because I know that it's going to get pretty chilly during the night and this is the view from the window I was there earlier I'm going to make my way to another one and that's my bag and right outside of the room which is right there is the terrace oh my gosh this view is epic I just can't believe that this is even real I think this mountain range the Atlas mountain range is unlike any mountain range that I've ever seen every mountain is beautiful in its own way but this is epic even when I compared it to Kilimanjaro it was a freestanding mountain so there isn't really a range around it so you see one mountain standing up there but here there are so many high peaks so many mountains to snow the villages this is incredible this is unlike anything that I've ever experienced so I'm going to make my way up to see the waterfall and see what it looks like from up top let's go mind you I'm tracking in my sandals because as we checked in I asked us to remove our hiking shoes understandable because they're pretty dirty and they gave me sandals not slip signs for the fall so you gotta be careful up here really not that far so pretty it's right there so beautiful oh my gosh I can't stop marveling at the beauty of the landscape here these mountains are captivating they're taking my breath away and I'm sure if you make your way up here they will take your breath away as well we left the refuge at 4.30 am for the summit push this morning we are climbing 3000 feet up to the peak it was pretty cold with snow on the trail that required concentration and focus we're taking a little break me and my guide he's being so incredible and patient with me but we're taking our break here before the last push to the summit I wasn't taking any videos on the way up a little bit exposed there's snow, crampons are necessary or at least micro spikes I'm wearing micro spikes actually but the views are so spectacular altitude sickness is getting the best out of me I had some stomach issues before I left california so it's been a little bit hard but I'm not feeling you know I'm not feeling awful so I'm just gonna take it slowly you can see the light is out incredible to be honest with you I had to throw up which happened before I did the elevation but not feeling awful so I'm just gonna drink some water and continue pushing right there look at this beautiful sunrise looking decent the views are impeccable I've never seen anything like this this is amazing I'm pushed this is the last push I have a feeling that we have less than 500 feet to climb maybe 400 feet we were definitely past 4,000 lasers but my ears are popping we just passed a section right there that was pretty exposed it got me nervous but my guide just told me that it gets worse with more snow it's really exposed oh my gosh this is epic oh my gosh I can see the summit I didn't expect us to be this close oh my goodness it looks so bright and nice with the sunrise just made it to the summit of Mount Tupcal this is the highest peak in Morocco the highest in the world and North Africa this is such a dream come true I've been waiting for this moment for a long time finally made it it's a beast but it's worth every effort this is incredible and the views behind me of the Atlas Mountains Ranger epic to say the least this is so special we're starting to make our way down from the mountain I don't think we're going down the same way we're going up that's my thought but look at these views I just wish I can spend more time up here but we need to make our way down to the refuge I have to focus because there is snow and there are sections that are a little bit tricky but I will film whenever I have a chance to this is the trail where we will be going down a lot easier than the other one we still have to focus but it's a lot better so far this is another trail that takes you up to a different mountain called Iqibin you can see the trail down there and somewhere out there the wreckage of I don't know if it's an airplane or helicopter that fell down years ago so if you make your way up there you will see the wreckage of the airplane right there but we're just continuing on these views are epic I don't know how to describe it better but this is what we get to enjoy for the rest of this trek but this trail is definitely better than earlier it is still exposed but just some concentration and a little bit of scrambling to make your way down we'll see Hamid we'll see Hamid see Hamid is the best my neck is getting sore from looking up and marveling at the beauty of these mountain range so wonderful I don't want to leave this is the view of everything that we scaled earlier I couldn't film earlier and it was dark but literally made our way through these crazy snow fields and it's not even the depth of winter this is November beginning of November I can only imagine how it is late in winter this is crazy so the refuge I can see it from up here all I can think about right now is fresh mint it's right there that's my guide that's few people over there with the refuge it's all the way there there's still snow like this field is a little bit tricky it's like you don't really have to wear micro spikes right here but then at this new time you have to be super careful so that's subhad for you with snow my guide is the nicest whenever he sees a field or a section with a lot of snow and ice he sprinkled some rocks just to help my shoe kind of grip to it I think it's so sweet right there sprinkled rocks we finally made our way back to the refuge it was an incredible day there are a few climbers still making their way down but we are here the adventure is not done yet I'm having some more rock and mint tea I'm gonna take a break I need to grab my bag because I left it here and then we're going to head down and make our way back to Emilil but check this view out so cool this particular section of the trail I feel as if I'm in Alaska truthfully on one of the hikes that we took up in Alaska this feels amazing like it's giving me an Alaska feel there are still a bunch of hikers still making their way up the mountain probably to summit tomorrow probably just gonna say at the refuge but the trail is not extremely busy especially this time of the year but we've been coming across a bunch of other hikers which is needs and mules mules are doing such a tremendous job transporting provision to the refuge you can make food for people but also transporting luggage like some people would spend more than one night up in the refuge so they transport their stuff as well but I can't get over this wonderful view spectacular when I was trekking up the other day I didn't appreciate the beauty of the landscape especially in this section because you know how sometimes when you're going up and it's steep incline you don't really turn back to sea but this is your reminder if you are hiking, whether you're going up or down just take a moment to appreciate the landscape in front of you it's just a humbling experience to see that we are part of something that's really big these mountains are huge we're so tiny in front of the mountains but at the same time we play an important role in the ecosystem it's just humbling see Hamid is not done with me we're going to climb some more this time for the epic view which I'm very fine with I just made it finally to my room and I'm so excited I can't wait to just go clean up grab something to eat but I will see you guys tomorrow for a guest house tour good morning from Imdil it's 9.48 and I'm still in bed I don't want to leave I don't want to leave bed because I'm sore from the past two days but also I'm not ready to leave Imdil and leave this beautiful village it's so wonderful I feel like over the past three days I only scratch the surface there's so much to see and do in here the people in the village are so incredibly kind and generous yesterday before my guide left he brought me a big bag of walnuts for my parents because I'm leaving Imdil to make my way to Safi where my parents are say goodbye and then leave Morocco but that gesture melted my heart completely and I've honestly been feeling at peace here I think it's about time right now I have to get up and pack up tidy up the room I'm going to film a quick tour of the guest house like I promised and then I will hit the road again this is the inside of my room it's three beds so two over there of the queen and then one and I'm loving the colors the ceiling oh my gosh it's so beautiful this is the room, simplistic room very colorful there's a TV that wasn't actually working because they had a storm in the past few days so a lot of things functioning perfectly but this is the door I love the design so pretty and this is the bathroom warm water and all the shower I had yesterday was probably the best shower in a very long time what I love the most is this wonderful view on the balcony is this even real there's a mosque right there so I was here in the culture prayer every day lush green trees and from this side some of the houses from this village and waking up to do this view was such a treat so that's for the room gonna head upstairs for some breakfast now, let's go the rooms are named after the mountains in this mountain range I think this is Edg some of them are not actually in Arabic they live here they do speak Arabic but they speak mainly Amazigh this is Tubaqal and this is Tezi so these are mountains in the high Atlas this is the house beautiful carpets all over the place I'm gonna go upstairs and this is the room where I would usually have breakfast or dinner look at these colors oh my gosh so pretty and this is the view from the window look at that and this is the terrace I had tea when I arrived the other day and look at this look at this, look at this so so beautiful I just left the village and I will leave you with this incredible view just walk in my way to Emile to the center, grab a taxi and make my way to Safi thank you so much for watching this adventure I will have more videos about preparing and packing for Tubaqal if it's an adventure that you are interested in so stay tuned for those videos my name is Habiba, this is trekking palace and I will see you soon on a new adventure