1BUG BOUNTY BASICS
If you’re new to hacking, it will help to have a basic understanding of how the internet works and what happens under the hood when you enter a URL into a browser’s address bar. Although navigating to a website might seem simple, it involves many hidden processes, such as preparing an HTTP request, identifying the domain to send the request to, translating the domain to an IP address, sending the request, rendering a response, and so on.
In this chapter, you’ll learn basic concepts and terminology, such as vulnerabilities, bug bounties, clients, servers, IP addresses, and HTTP. You’ll get a general understanding of how performing ...
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