Hi Khattam, On 25 February 2010 15:20, _khAttAm_ <[email protected]> wrote: > Lets not get into defining Hacking/Cracking. Of course it may be
I am not not defining the term. Google is such as wonderful search engine ;-) Maybe you are the one that's _implying_ that I am defining the term. You are clearly wrong sire. > offensive to old hackers that script-kiddies of today are referred to > as hackers. But, I think this discussion should be left to them. Can you kindly expound on what you mean perhaps with a little bit more word next time cause i don't really understand what you mean above :) A few random thoughts: Script-kiddies are very different compared to pentesters. Pentesters are basically the people who perform vulnerability assessments of some arbitrary service infrastructures; be it social vulnerability, network, OS etc... To my understanding, they perform those tasks under clear guidance and in accordance to the laws of jurisdiction or the company they are assesing; On the other hand, script kiddies or freeloaders are the ones who download and/or may patch few stuffs here and ther; then do stuffs illegitimately. To that end, i believe you are comparing two stuffs that are related only in that they are involved with penetrating a network or breaking into things.. Coming to the point now, no i don't think it's not fine to label hackers as "people who do nasty shit"; and yes it's shameful some people follow blindly to the media's perception of who or who isn't considered a 'hacker'; it's sad but it's true. -- Regards Ishwor Gurung Key id:0xa98db35e Key fingerprint:FBEF 0D69 6DE1 C72B A5A8 35FE 5A9B F3BB 4E5E 17B5 -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
