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
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snooping for factions in corporate political fights... - cracker n.
One who breaks security on a system. Coined
ca.
1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse... - 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... - hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an
axe] 1.
A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable... - dark-side hacker n.
A criminal or malicious hacker;
a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced... - dark-side hacker: n. A criminal or malicious hacker;
a {cracker}. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced... - social engineering: n. Term used among {cracker}s and
{samurai} for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
{wetware} rather than software;
the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords... - social engineering n.
Term used among crackers and
samurai for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in
wetware rather than software;
the aim is to trick people into revealing passwords... - samizdat /sahm-iz-daht/ n.
[Russian, literally "self
publishing"] The process of disseminating documentation via
underground channels.
Originally referred to underground duplication and...
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At mainframe shops, where the
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[from `Users'
Network';
the original spelling was USENET, but the mixed-case... - frogging [University of Waterloo] v.
1. Partial corruption
of a text file or input stream by some bug or consistent glitch,
as opposed to random events like line noise or media... - face time n.
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face-to-face (as opposed to via electronic links).
"Oh, yeah, I spent some face time with him at the... - Blue Screen of Death n.
[common] This term is closely
related to the older Black Screen of Death but much more
common (many non-hackers have picked it up).
Due to the extreme fragility...
