http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker
Definition of HACKER 1 : one that hacks 2 : a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity <a tennis hacker> 3 : an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer 4 : a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system I think HD means #3, and you - #4. Regards, Vitaly On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Martín <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Found myself looking at a recent discussion about the potential monopoly > tech–wise that metasploit may be creating when talking about exploit > development.[1] > > In his first reply HD leaves a rather interesting related piece: > > "[...] > Finally - hacking is not exploit development. You can be a great exploit > developer and still be a terrible hacker, as well as the inverse. If you want > to learn to hack, understand your tools, take them apart, tweak them, and > generally grok why they do they do. If you have development skills, make them > better, and if you aren't a selfish bastard, share them with the rest of the > security community under an open source license =) > " > > I can agree to some extent, but I find difficult to set the threshold of > cluelessness one can accept from a supposedly "good hacker". > > Thoughts on this? > > [1] > http://amplicate.com/hate/metasploit/8241463-it-is-trying-to-monopolize-the-exploit-market-it/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Dailydave mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave > _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list [email protected] https://lists.immunityinc.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
