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====== 8. Hacking ======
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So you want to hack? To break into computers? Take them over? Get root access? Crash them or use their CPU cycles to do work for you?
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Aim high, but I have some advice. Those activities aren't [[http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/H/hack.html|hacking]]. Those activities are part of [[http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/cracking.html|cracking]]. For more information about the meaning of //hack//, you might read two other chapters from The Jargon File:
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* [[http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/meaning-of-hack.html|The Meaning of 'Hack']] and
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* [[http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/crackers.html|Crackers, Phreaks, & Lamers]].
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You might find some people in COM Mode who would like to talk about these things, but most of them are really tired of kiddies coming into the lobby & asking ``Do any of you know how to hack?'' So you'll need to be more subtle. It's like real life; you don't walk into a room, interrupt the current conversation, & loudly ask if anyone will sell you nose candy. It's just rude.
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Information about security holes is pretty easy to find without help. Just use Google to search for things like ``computer security virus hole exploit''. What you need is the knowledge to make use of that information. You need to learn straightforward programming techniques, especially networking[[footnode.html#foot493|<sup>8.1</sup>]], before you can make use of all that security information that is readily available. So instead of asking people to teach you to crack, it might be more worthwhile & fun to talk programming with people.
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While we're on the topic, I guess I can throw out a bone. Take a look at ``CIFS: Common Insecurities Fail Scrutiny'' ([[[node11.html#hobbit:cifs|Hob77]]]).
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Also, be aware that most of the protocols in use on the Internet are defined in the Request For Comment (RFC) documents. One database of RFCs is [[http://www.rfc-editor.org/|The RFC Editor]]. Another such database is [[http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/cs/Services/rfc/index.html|RFCs at Ohio State University]].
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Why do you care about the RFCs? Because to find a hole in some protocol, you need to know the actual protocol, not just heresay that people slip to you in a chat room. To know the protocol, you need to refer to its definitive source. For most protocols on the Internet, that's the RFCs.
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For example, let's say you wanted to research holes in Internet multicast. You could go to either of those RFC databases & search for ``multicast''. You conclude that any of these RFCs were worth your time
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| **id** | **title** | **author** | **data** |
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| RFC1112 | Host extensions ofr IP multicasting | S.E. Deering | 1 Aug 1989 |
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| RFC3513 | Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture | R. Hinden, S. Deering | Apr 2003 |
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| RFC3261 | SIP: Session Initiation Protocol | lots of blokes | Jun 2002 |
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That's just an example. By the way, if none of those title make you at least a little curious to know what's in those documents, then you might not be cut-out to be a computer hacker or a cracker.
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Gene Michael Stover 2005-07-07 |