samurai n.
A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs,
snooping for factions in corporate political fights, lawyers
pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other
parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith.
In 1991, mainstream media reported the existence of a loose-knit
culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly
bright teenagers with personal micros; they have modeled themselves
explicitly on the historical samurai of Japan and on the "net
cowboys" of William Gibson's cyberpunk novels. Those
interviewed claim to adhere to a rigid ethic of loyalty to their
employers and to disdain the vandalism and theft practiced by
criminal crackers as beneath them and contrary to the hacker ethic;
some quote Miyamoto Musashi's "Book of Five Rings", a classic
of historical samurai doctrine, in support of these principles.
See also sneaker, Stupids, soc
cracker, hacker ethic, and
A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs,
snooping for factions in corporate political fights, lawyers
pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other
parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith.
In 1991, mainstream media reported the existence of a loose-knit
culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly
bright teenagers with personal micros; they have modeled themselves
explicitly on the historical samurai of Japan and on the "net
cowboys" of William Gibson's cyberpunk novels. Those
interviewed claim to adhere to a rigid ethic of loyalty to their
employers and to disdain the vandalism and theft practiced by
criminal crackers as beneath them and contrary to the hacker ethic;
some quote Miyamoto Musashi's "Book of Five Rings", a classic
of historical samurai doctrine, in support of these principles.
See also sneaker, Stupids, soc
cracker, hacker ethic, and
Related:
- amurai: n. A hacker who hires out for legal cracking job
snooping for factions in corporate political fights, lawyers pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith.... - cracker n.
One who breaks security on a system. Coined
ca.
1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.... - hacker ethic n.
1. The belief that information-sharing
is a powerful positive good
and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing open-source and facilitating access to information and to computing resources wherever possible.... - hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an
axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.... - dark-side hacker n.
A criminal or malicious hacke
a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force".... - dark-side hacker: n. A criminal or malicious hacke
a {cracker}. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force".... - ocial engineering: n. Term used among {cracker}s and
{samurai} for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
{wetware} rather than software
he aim is to trick people into revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target system's security.... - ocial engineering n.
Term used among crackers and
samurai for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
wetware rather than software
he aim is to trick people into revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target system's security.... - amizdat /sahm-iz-daht/ n.
[Russian, literally "self
publishing"] The process of disseminating documentation via
underground channels.
Originally referred to underground duplication and distribution of banned books in the Soviet Unio...
