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Writing the report

Writing the report

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Writing the report

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Writing the Report. Our learning objectives are to understand how to best prepare to write the penetration test report, identify why taking good notes is imperative to writing a good report, and explain why attention to detail is vital when submitting the report. So you will be exhausted. At least I was taking OSCP and the stress and not being able to sleep well. So you're going to be very tired after the lab environment. So take a nap, please take a nap. You've earned it and it will help you think better when it comes time to writing the report. I think in both cases where I wrote the report, I took like a three or four-hour nap and that was enough to start writing the report. If you're one of the lucky people and finish early, definitely I use that time to walk through the environment and my steps to reproduce, to write the report, which really, really helps write the report as opposed to going back to your notes. So you should know how you're going to write your report. You should…

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