can someone help me by providing offsec pen200 course link for free?
searching for this course for a long time but couldn’t found it free anywhere.
No Bonez……
But i found some resources for ya!
1: student acct =$8…similar to what you want.:https://academy.hackthebox.com/preview/certifications/htb-certified-penetration-testing-specialist
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Tryhackme pathway - low price ( try to change servers may resolve connectivity issues )
Hackthebox - Tjnull list - price https://www.netsecfocus.com/oscp/2021/05/06/The_Journey_to_Try_Harder-_TJnull-s_Preparation_Guide_for_PEN-200_PWK_OSCP_2.0.html
Htb academy - has some free learning content like Metasploit for free
Goad https://github.com/Orange-Cyberdefense/GOAD - Free AD but requires storage , ram and good processor to run vm
Vulnlab - free
Offsec pg play - free
Portswigger academy - web free
Cheatsheet for buffer overflow https://github.com/Tib3rius/Pentest-Cheatsheets/blob/master/exploits/buffer-overflows.rst
Metasploitable 3 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploitable3
I think it’s here Download
You’ve been searching for the wrong thing — and that’s actually great news.
PEN-200 isn’t a file you download. It’s a live lab behind OffSec’s VPN — videos + PDFs + 60+ vulnerable machines you connect to remotely. That part literally can’t exist outside their servers. But here’s the part nobody tells you: the community rebuilt ~80% of the knowledge for free, and some practitioners say the free path actually prepares you better than the $1,749 course because OffSec’s own materials still teach deprecated tools (crackmapexec is dead, ligolo-ng isn’t mentioned, BloodHound is the legacy version).
Right now, today — go to YouTube, search “The Cyber Mentor Ethical Hacking in 15 Hours.” That’s Heath Adams’ free condensed version of his Practical Ethical Hacking course, including the Active Directory section that covers the hardest 40 points of the OSCP exam. I used this when I started — it’s genuinely better than most paid content.
This weekend — create a free account on OffSec Proving Grounds Play (3 hours/day, free, made by the same people who make the exam) and TryHackMe (the Attacktive Directory room is free and teaches the exact attack chain the OSCP tests).
Week 2 onward — grab TJ Null’s OSCP-like machine list and start solving HackTheBox retired boxes (free tier). Every machine on that list maps to a specific OSCP exam topic. Watch IppSec’s walkthroughs after each box — his methodology is the real curriculum.
| Your concern | What works | Time |
|---|---|---|
| “Can’t find the course free” | The course can’t leak (live labs). But the knowledge is fully free — see below | — |
| “Searched for a long time” | You were looking for a file. Look for the syllabus map instead — community rebuilt it | 10 min |
| “Need PEN-200 specifically” | You don’t. You need what PEN-200 teaches — and free resources cover it | 4-6 months |
The OSCP+ exam changed in Nov 2024. It now starts you with valid credentials inside an Active Directory network — worth 40 of the 70 points you need to pass. Multiple practitioners report clearing it in under an hour. This means if you focus your free study specifically on AD attacks, you walk into the exam with more than half the points nearly locked. Every free resource above covers this.
🗺️ The Full Free-to-OSCP Roadmap — Do Exactly This, In This Order
Phase 0 — Foundation (free, 2-4 weeks)
Before touching pentesting tools, get comfortable with the basics:
- Linux → Heath Adams’ “Linux for Ethical Hackers” on YouTube (~3 hrs, free)
- Networking → TryHackMe “Complete Beginner” path (free rooms available)
- Scripting → Write 5 small Bash scripts that automate file operations — that’s enough
Phase 1 — Core Pentesting Skills (free, 6-8 weeks)
| Resource | Cost | What it covers | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCM Ethical Hacking (YouTube) | $0 | Scanning, enumeration, exploitation, AD attacks | Covers ~70% of PEN-200 syllabus |
| TryHackMe Offensive Pentesting path | $0-14/mo | Structured rooms matching OSCP topics | Guided practice with hints |
| PortSwigger Web Security Academy | $0 | SQL injection, XSS, SSRF — all exam topics | Best free web app hacking training, period |
Phase 2 — Active Directory Deep Dive (free, 3-4 weeks)
This is where budget candidates win. The AD set is the most preparation-responsive part of the exam.
| Resource | What you learn |
|---|---|
| TCM PEH — AD section (YouTube) | LLMNR poisoning, SMB relay, Pass-the-Hash, token impersonation |
| TryHackMe: Attacktive Directory | AS-REP Roasting, Kerberoasting, credential extraction |
| HackTheBox: Forest, Sauna, Active, Cascade | Real AD boxes mapped to exam topics by TJ Null |
| GOAD (Game of Active Directory) | Free home lab — 2-5 vulnerable AD VMs. Needs 16GB+ RAM |
| Build your own AD lab | Free Windows Server eval ISOs (180 days) + VirtualBox. Guide |
Phase 3 — Exam-Like Practice (free-$19/mo, 4-6 weeks)
- Proving Grounds Play — free, 3 hrs/day, OffSec’s own machines (closest to exam)
- Proving Grounds Practice — $19/mo, unlimited time, includes retired OSCP exam machines
- TJ Null’s list — the definitive OSCP machine list across HTB, PG, and VulnHub
- IppSec walkthroughs — watch AFTER attempting each box. His methodology IS the exam methodology
Phase 4 — Actually Getting OSCP (paid)
When you can consistently root HTB medium boxes in 2-3 hours without hints, you’re ready.
| Option | Cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Course + Cert Bundle | $1,749 | PEN-200 course (90 days) + labs + 1 exam attempt |
| Learn One | $2,749/yr | PEN-200 + labs (365 days) + 2 exam attempts |
| Standalone Exam | $1,699 | 2 exam attempts, zero course/labs (don’t do this — $50 less but no materials) |
| Student discount | -10% | Full-time university students get 10% off Learn One |
| Black Friday | -15-20% | OffSec runs annual sales. Wait for November |
The $0 Alternative: Skip OSCP Entirely
If your goal is a pentesting career (not the specific letters O-S-C-P on your resume):
| Certification | Cost | Recognition | Why consider it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PNPT (TCM Security) | ~$400 | Growing fast | 5-day practical exam + live debrief. Includes all training courses |
| CPTS (HackTheBox) | ~$500-700 | Growing fast | 10-day exam. Deeper AD content than OSCP. Many say it’s harder |
| ISC2 CC | $0 | Entry-level | Free training + free exam. Defensive focus, but proves commitment |
PNPT → OSCP is the increasingly popular path: learn real skills cheaply first, then add OSCP for the resume when you can afford it or when an employer sponsors it.
Scholarship: The Truly Free Path
The SANS Paller Cybersecurity Scholarship covers full tuition for cybersecurity training including pentesting — specifically for international students from developing countries. Previous scholars came from India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Philippines. Applications typically open September, deadline January. This is competitive but covers thousands of dollars in training for free.
What NOT to do: don’t download “PEN-200 PDF” from random sites — anything circulating is pre-2022 (before they removed buffer overflows and added the AD section that’s now 57% of the exam). You’d be studying for an exam that doesn’t exist anymore, and those downloads are frequently packed with malware. Ironic for a cybersecurity course.
You said you’ve been searching for a long time — that persistence is literally the #1 skill OSCP tests (their motto is “Try Harder”). You already have it. The course material is just the map — the skill you built from searching and failing is the actual engine.
One question: are you comfortable with Linux basics already, or starting completely from zero? That changes which week-1 resource makes sense for you.
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