Learning to Hack

[Allie]

Hi everyone,
I'd really like to learn about hacking as I know very little about it.  It's not so much that I want to hack into anyone or anything, but I'd just like to know how to do it. 

I was wondering if anyone here has any good guides that are noobie-friendly (easy to read/comprehend) or if maybe someone could try to teach me how I might be able to hack into a friends or relatives computer (if they give me permission to try lol) from my own.  I just want to understand the basics of real hacking (not just sending trojans to people or something dumb like that) because I think it will help me out in school next semester to have some basic knowledge of how to actually do it.

[godaigo]

Hey Allie, here's an accessible place to start...

http://google-gruyere.appspot.com/

It's an online tutorial on web exploits from google. Take a look...