MENTOR TRACK // M11
Tool Reduction Exercises
Progressive fasting from your favorite tools.
Week-by-week diet
| Week | Allowed |
|---|---|
| 1 | Normal administration tools only. |
| 2 | Basic network tooling only (nmap, curl, dig, nc). |
| 3 | Specialized security tooling permitted. |
| 4 | Solve the same problems with limited tooling. |
| 5 | Solve them with almost nothing specialized. |
What stays valuable
Enumeration habits, protocol understanding, scripting, note discipline. Tools change every year; these do not.