Comments on: gray hat hacking http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/ i am a coder, an array explode(r). but here is where i write. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: KooDeeZ http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-17 KooDeeZ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:48:07 +0000 http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-17 Well written and explained... thanks! Well written and explained… thanks!

]]> By: daniel http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-16 daniel Fri, 08 May 2009 03:52:39 +0000 http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-16 While I do agree that a discussion of white hacking shouldn't be limited to the security industry, I propose that all hacking is at least some sort of security concern. Cue, what you describe ("examining the code") really isn't hacking. Hacking (in technology) is by nature an attempt to get around something or take a shortcut. If a user did not have to bypass or short-circuit anything to examine some code, then I wouldn't call that hacking. I'd consider that code in the public domain. If they did have to bypass something to access the code, then I would label that a hack and would think that any security officer would consider it a concern. To be a white hacker in that sense, they would need to have been given the authority to bypass a system to examine the code. While I do agree that a discussion of white hacking shouldn’t be limited to the security industry, I propose that all hacking is at least some sort of security concern.

Cue, what you describe (“examining the code”) really isn’t hacking. Hacking (in technology) is by nature an attempt to get around something or take a shortcut. If a user did not have to bypass or short-circuit anything to examine some code, then I wouldn’t call that hacking. I’d consider that code in the public domain. If they did have to bypass something to access the code, then I would label that a hack and would think that any security officer would consider it a concern. To be a white hacker in that sense, they would need to have been given the authority to bypass a system to examine the code.

]]> By: Cue http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-15 Cue Fri, 01 May 2009 15:35:28 +0000 http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-15 White hacking is not the same as you said above. ytcracker was a white hack turned gray. White hacking is not just 'security', it can be an outside source examining the code to turn back in, not actually cracking the system, just maneuvering around it to examine it. White hacking is not the same as you said above. ytcracker was a white hack turned gray. White hacking is not just ‘security’, it can be an outside source examining the code to turn back in, not actually cracking the system, just maneuvering around it to examine it.

]]> By: hogwildwally http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-14 hogwildwally Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:12:31 +0000 http://almostdaniel.com/2008/02/06/gray-hat-hacking/#comment-14 Interesting Article Dan. Keep em coming! Interesting Article Dan. Keep em coming!

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