Re: The Threshold of Hackiness

[Vitaly Osipov <vitaly.osipov () gmail com>]

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 <ole () makensi es> 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/
>
>
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