After a long and hard discussion with the other admins, I have decided that it is best to shut How2hack down. It is simply not as popular as we wanted it to be, and it is a major strain on my bank account. My own personal interests have changed direction since this site first started, and they simply do not fall into such a narrow niche as hacking anymore. Thus, as of this point forward, H2H is no more.
There were many people who have helped me with this site over the years, and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them. My admins have always been a source of ideas, inspiration, and help, and have kept the site relatively spam free in the past while. Thank you very much to (in alphabetical order) Aenman123, Ahandicap, Hackeri, and Omnipresence. Also, a big thank-you to the forum moderators, BobbyB, nuclear_dawn, and seizure507. Last but certainly not least, I need to thank AltonRashmire and Satal Keto for their generous donations of their time and their money. They have earned both my respect and my friendship for sticking with me through thick and thin on this site from the beginning.
For those who are still interested in learning about security and ethical hacking, there are many good resources still available online which can help anyone get started. Hellbound Hackers and Enigma Group are two excellent sites which should be checked out.
For those who are interested in development rather than pure security, I will be starting a site in the near future which will focus primarily on development in many languages. Security will be discussed, but mostly from the perspective of coding rather than penetration testing. I have a number of programing experts already lined up to actively contribute content to the site, and I hope that it will turn into a booming knowledge base and discussion area, complete with articles, forums, code examples, and a pastebin. Future goals for the site include a regular podcast of some form. If you are interested in such a site, please sign up for an email notification below. As expected, I will never give away the email address you give me; once I send out the notification, the database will be destroyed.
Thank you again for your support throughout the years. Hopefully I will see you on the new development site I will be starting, and the experts will be able to answer your questions there.