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From: jlevitsk at joshie.com (Joshua Levitsky)
Subject: OT: An odd question that has arrisen within my household

On Oct 12, 2003, at 10:40 PM, Matt Carlson wrote:

> 1. What exactly defines a "script kiddie"?
>
> 2. Does using a port scanner make you a "script kiddie" since you 
> yourself did not write the code?
>
> 3. Does it make you a script kiddie because it is a means of 
> exploitation?

script kiddies ??? pl.n. ??? 1.?The lowest form of cracker; script 
kiddies do mischief with scripts and programs written by others, often 
without understanding the exploit.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 "what do I need to type to make this 
happen?"

http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/s/script_kiddies.html

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Joshua Levitsky, CISSP, MCSE
System Engineer
AOL Time Warner
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