chris jones
"something else i'd like to grok some more is cracking unix
networks, especially banks, monetary systems and police and
spy networks. if
anyone knows some juicy sources, i'd be interested to hear,
off or on list.
it's for a writing project, not to actually crack systems
since i don't have
such skills, btw. (i know _underground_ and _unix hackers
guide_ and cern)"
Thats what they all say Chris ;-)
There are a few hacking lists on the net, a google search
will probably help you find them. I just did a search on the
term "hacking lists" and it brought up 120,000 entries. Some
of the better lists require you to perform a hack before you
can join (or so I'm told). Hackers use the term 'warez' for
cracked software and a search using this term will also
bring up some interesting crack sites, however they are
often linked to porn sites, so be prepared...
When I was working in the industry some years ago I read a
number of very good books on hacking which were written by
ex hackers. They were full of great anecdotes and very
useful in learning how to avoid the more obvious hacks. For
the industry to stay ahead of the hackers they have to keep
in touch with what and how, no doubt there are many more
newer but similar texts around. Sorry, but I cant give you
any titles.
A warning. A friend of mine, now an IT professional, was
severely reprimanded as a student for doing such research
through their student account, it made the unix admin very
nervous. If your account is monitored, the server gnomes
will be alerted to your research activities and you may get
into trouble or lose your account depending on their policy.
Best not to do this type of research through a work account.
You might find it more useful to join a legitimate IT list
and profer your question there.
I read "Stranger in a Strange Land" in the early seventies
when it was still a cult novel. A couple of years ago I
re-read it, in a new 'cut' that contained a lot of material
previously missing from the first edition. Either this had
lowered the quality of the text (ie the editor was right!)
or it has not survived the ravages of time. Or maybe I've
changed a lot in the past thirty years. It certainly did not
seem the great read it was in my youth, though it did
influence its generation very much. I haven't heard the term
'grok' for a long long time, I thought it had gone the way
of 'groovy'.
Josephine
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