[...]... Page 7 The Zen of Hack Proofing • Chapter 1 Phreaker A phreaker is a hacker variant, or rather, a specific species of hacker Phreaker is short for phone phreaker (freak spelled with a ph, like phone is) Phreakers are hackers with an interest in telephones and telephone systems Naturally, there has been at times a tremendous amount of overlap between traditional hacker roles and phreakers If there is any... dict.pl?term =hacker Naturally, we’re concerned with the term hacker as it relates to computers.This version of the word has come into such wide popular use that it has almost entirely eliminated the use of the word hacker for all other purposes One of the most popular definitions that hackers themselves prefer to use is from The Jargon File, a hacker- maintained dictionary of hacker terms .The entry for hacker can... White Hat: What’s the Difference? ■ The Role of the Hacker ■ Motivations of A Hacker ■ The Hacker Code Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions 1 224_HPXML_01.qxd 2 6/27/02 3:26 PM Page 2 Chapter 1 • The Zen of Hack Proofing Introduction The way (which is also the definition of Tao) of the hacker is the topic of this chapter.We will find the way that the hacker has walked to become one It is. .. intended to be an intuitive reference to the bad guys.” Anyone who has seen a number of old western movies will recognize the reference to the evil gunfighters always wearing black hats, and the good guys wearing white ones In the hacker world, the terms are supposed to refer to good hackers, and bad hackers So, what constitutes a good versus a bad hacker? Most everyone agrees that a hacker who uses his... broad) categories that you could find yourself falling into Criminal Probably the most obvious role to assign to hackers, and the one that the media would most like to paint them with, is that of criminal.This is “obvious” only because the vast majority of the public outside of the information security industry thinks this is what hacker means Make no mistakes, there are hackers who commit crimes .The. .. Hack Proofing Introduction Learning to Appreciate the Tao of the Hack Hacker Cracker Script Kiddie Phreaker Black Hat,White Hat,What’s the Difference? Gray Hat The Role of the Hacker Criminal Magician Security Professional Consumer Advocate Civil Rights Activist Cyber Warrior Motivations of a Hacker Recognition Admiration Curiosity Power and Gain Revenge The Hacker Code Summary Solutions Fast Track... not The cynics in the crowd will also point out that criminal hackers also represent a certain amount of job security for the information security professionals Magician Let us imagine the hacker as something less serious and clear-cut as a burglar, but perhaps still a bit mischievous In many ways, the hacker is like a magician I don’t mean like Merlin or Gandalf, but rather David Copperfield or Harry... held the promise of stable and repeatable tone generation Indeed, one of the first documented uses of the Apple II was to generate these kinds of stable and repeatable tones Black Hat, White Hat, What’s the Difference? The Black Hat Briefings conference is an annual three-day security conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, their official Web site is www.blackhat.com.Topics range from introductory to heavily... on a system Coined ca 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.v., sense 8) An earlier attempt to establish `worm’ in this sense around 1981–82 on Usenet was largely a failure Use of both these neologisms reflects a strong revulsion against the theft and vandalism perpetrated by cracking rings While it is expected that any real hacker will have done some playful cracking and... programs that contained a menu of software, and the user simply had to insert their disk to be copied, and choose the proper program from the menu Updates were distributed via a subscription model, so the latest cracks would always be available In this manner, the crackers could practice their craft without breaking any laws, because they didn’t actually distribute any pirated software.These programs . Critical™,” Hack Proofing®,” and The Only Way to Stop a Hacker is to Think Like One ” are trademarks of Syngress Publishing, Inc. Brands and product names mentioned in this book are trademarks or. Woodslane in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji Tonga, Solomon Islands, and the Cook Islands. 224_HPXML_FM.qxd 7/1/02 9:02 AM Page v vi Contributors Hal Flynn is a Threat Analyst at. performance analysis.William has served as a consultant to multinational corporations and the Federal government including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, GA as