On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > In answer to my own question, if anybody else wants to know, shellworld > was attacked by a hacker Saturday and is in the process of getting back on > its feet. I am not naive; I realize there is evil in the world, but I > totally can't comprehend somebody getting a thrill out of destroying other > peoples' installations, especially when somebody with those skills could > probably do really neat things to help people instead. That remains to be seen. Ever heard of the predicate scriptkiddy? If you haven't, definition: someone who uses donwloadedx scripts or other trivial trisk to break-in or simply attack sites on the net. definition hacker: someone who tries to gain entry to a "secure" system simply to gain entry. 2 types; - whiteheads, the goodguys who even will leave a note they were insite and how to close the hole they used to get in - blackheads, people who breakin to steal/modivy/destroy critical information > Cheryl > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!