Ok, I have to get in on this one --- as my curiosity is peaked...
As many of you brought up -- how, other than the obvious
contest, or similar, do you weed out the kiddies from the
hackers?
The reason I would ask this is simple -- Is someone who uses
a hammer to pound a nail into a board a "kiddie" or a carpenter?
Would you expect the carpenter to know which "tools" work for which
task? I would.
Now, just because someone uses "tools" does not make them a
"kiddie" (or does it, that is what I am asking). The real test, IMHO,
is what you are able to do with the results of these tools.
This is also where you benifit. If I want to hire someone and they
can prove to me they know what the results from nmap, nessus, ogre,
etc, really means and can do something with it to shore up my server,
then, call them a script kiddie if you wish, but to me they have simply
shown that they know how to use tools.
I would not expect a carpenter to "assemble the hammer" first, before
putting a nail in a board...
But, this is a question, and issue I would like to open up to discussion, as
I believe it directly relates to the problem of the hacking contest..
( But then I could be wrong... I have been before.. *smile* )
regards,
r
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