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Do you think hackers have no abilities of their own to open code? Do you think they just sit around waiting for someone to drop unprotected code in their laps? Do you think that reverse-assemblers have never been developed just because it's really really hard to find one on the internet now? (keep in mind that ALL code bakes down into machine language at some point and that assembler is one level away from machine code).

It seems to me that people who are not formally trained in computers (sure, college if you must say the word) don't really get the drift of what and who is out here to 'attack' systems. Kind of like the prez when discussing anything - you know - not the brightest bulb in the package - maybe not even lighting up when stuck in the socket.

Most hacking is recreational - it's an exercise in thinking. Long since the days of erasing hard drives with a set of instructions laced into the OS's stack area, we now have a planet almost linked together that looks like SO MUCH FUN to break into -= and hey, if a profit can be made... I mean, jeez... What a challenge, huh?

Then we have a company like Cisco pulling the proprietary card out of their sleeve and trying to close barn doors WAY after the ponies have run free. What a bunch of clones. Who are they partnered with, MicroSoft?

Yeah - castrate that scumbag Lynn and THEN fry him in (politically correct) canola oil. Except... HE'S NOT THE PROBLEM...

Oh... and what wholes do we need security people to find? I think they can only find halves and quarters, but that would be belaboring a point, huh?

Curious...

Art
Posted by: ArtMac   Posted on: 07/28/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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"not yet fully baked"  Roving_Reporter | 07/28/05
"Baked"  htotten | 07/28/05
Please...  ArtMac | 07/28/05
Please...give me a break  TN-Limey | 07/28/05
Lynn a criminal???  tonkica | 07/28/05
Yup  TN-Limey | 07/28/05
Just food for thought for a second  Xbeing | 07/28/05
Ummm...  ArtMac | 07/28/05
half-baked  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
java_p-your're stupid  phi_alpha_nu@... | 07/28/05
The issue  brichter | 07/28/05
Whistle Blower  wolf_z | 07/28/05
What if Microsoft did this?  jbburks | 07/28/05
No yawning here  John L. Ries | 07/28/05
have you hacked a cisco today?  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
IP violation  Carrion | 07/28/05
Are you quite certain?  dalecosp | 07/28/05
I'm sure a real hacker...  el1jones | 07/28/05
Flaws  Carrion | 07/28/05
Read the facts.  jnoble@... | 07/28/05
YOU read the facts  brichter | 07/28/05
Analogy issue here  Xbeing | 07/28/05
what is a r00ted box?  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
15 minutes.  jpfitz@... | 07/28/05
re:15 minutes  deepee912 | 07/28/05
If he is a hero  Xbeing | 07/28/05
If it's no big deal...  el1jones | 07/28/05
Get a clue  jnoble@... | 07/28/05
Whistle-blower, my a$$  brichter | 07/28/05
Why a 1 vendor solution is stupid  ITGuy04 | 07/28/05
Cisco certification  itpro_z | 07/28/05
Cisco certification  Loverock Davidson | 07/28/05
i need an employer that will pay for those happy  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
hear! hear!  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
Well...  ArtMac | 07/28/05
Well ...  dalecosp | 07/28/05
Yep, right here...  Grimm Reaper | 07/28/05
lol  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
MS Bashers  Too Old For IT | 07/28/05
Maybe they are too smart  ebrke | 07/28/05
IOS  jnoble@... | 07/28/05
Cisco hits back  Mugsy_z | 07/28/05
Let's keep such things underground, shall we?  Sxooter_z | 07/28/05
wink  dalecosp | 07/28/05
sure, cause then...  linuxoverwindows | 07/28/05
This is why all software should be Open Source  kokuryu | 07/28/05
Open Source Presumption  Too Old For IT | 07/28/05
Right ...  gary.douglas@... | 07/28/05
Easy picking.  papatator | 07/28/05
Bad News Supression  John L. Ries | 07/28/05
Hmm, that's an interesting thought....  dalecosp | 07/28/05
Security by Obscurity  Dr_Zinj | 07/28/05
Did I miss something?  Xbeing | 07/28/05
Thanks  TN-Limey | 07/29/05
when you use the law to cover your sorry butt  toxicfreak | 07/28/05
what??  sirsully | 07/28/05
Re: when you use the law to cover your sorry butt  webster_z | 08/01/05
Cisco and the jerk  TN-Limey | 07/28/05
He didn't reveal anything new  george_ou | 07/28/05
Why  TN-Limey | 07/28/05
Right on, Limey - Re: Cisco and the jerk  webster_z | 08/01/05
If one can figure it out anybody can  xkmail | 07/28/05
Black Hat to be commended for efforts to expose cisco and all other flaws  samm_z | 07/28/05
Are they 'bugs' or 'humans'?  mtn.brk@... | 07/28/05
non-disclosure  sandbagger | 07/28/05
Learn that which you speak about  jnoble@... | 07/28/05
cisco, injunction  jef124c41 | 07/29/05
Both Cisco and BHS are right from there point of view  alfresco_0101@... | 08/04/05

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