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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>script kiddies</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="scribble.html" title="scribble"/><link rel="next" href="scrog.html" title="scrog"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">script kiddies</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scribble.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="scrog.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="script-kiddies"/><dt xmlns="" id="script-kiddies"><b>script kiddies</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pl.n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [very common] The lowest form of <a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>;
script kiddies do mischief with scripts and <a href="../R/rootkit.html"><i class="glossterm">rootkit</i></a>s
written by others, often without understanding the
<a href="../E/exploit.html"><i class="glossterm">exploit</i></a> they are using. Used of people with limited
technical expertise using easy-to-operate, pre-configured, and/or automated
tools to conduct disruptive activities against networked systems. Since
most of these tools are fairly well-known by the security community, the
adverse impact of such actions is usually minimal.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. People who cannot program, but who create tacky HTML pages by
copying JavaScript routines from other tacky HTML pages. More generally, a
script kiddie writes (or more likely cuts and pastes) code without either
having or desiring to have a mental model of what the code does; someone
who thinks of code as magical incantations and asks only &#8220;<span class="quote">what do I
need to type to make this happen?</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="scribble.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="scrog.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">scribble<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>scrog</td></tr></table></div></body></html>