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Message-ID: <200310130959.15722.vugdeox@freeshell.org> From: vugdeox at freeshell.org (Nate Hill) Subject: OT: An odd question that has arrisen within my household On Mon October 13 2003 09:25, security snot wrote: > Anyone who works on the OpenBSD project (except those many > developers who only sign up to add subtle backdoors to the code as > a joke) is a scriptkiddie. Anyone who buys into the hype that > OpenBSD is proactively secure is a scriptkiddie (unless their > perspective on proactive security is fixing various bugs they > introduce when someone else points them out). No remote root access on install: No users, no root login. How secure. You know, as an added precaution, you could also unplug it without losing any functionality. > Let me demonstrate the proactive security practices of the OpenBSD > team at it's finest. > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=106523413529618&w=2 > > Must I spell it out for you? Proactively secure! > > Scriptkids are individuals who involve themselves in the facade of > computer security, who don't have any technical background or > skills in the area. People who buy into the hype of the > buzzword-of-the-day security tools fall into this category. People > who develop these tools and believe their merit are also > scriptkids. > > OpenBSD, the proactively scriptkid friendly operating system. > > "We know our target audience and their needs." > -Theo > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > "Whitehat by day, booger at night - I'm the security snot." > - CISSP / CCNA / A+ Certified - www.unixclan.net/~booger/ - > ----------------------------------------------------------- Fucking suitkiddies. > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Matt Carlson wrote: > > These question is off topic, I realize this, but please bear with > > me. > > > > 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?
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