Exactly. I know a lot of white hat, most gray hat, and actually some black hats who have downed their work while I "interact" with them. And don't get me wrong, a black hat is someone who does the same thing but not totally legally (breaking into a system, not touching anything and sends how they got in and how 2 fix it to the sys admin). A gray hat, is someone that does that for free but with permission of the admin, and a white hat, i believe, is someone for the Gov or for that sys admin that does it and blocks others from doing it. I BELIEVE that is it, but dont quote me please, because as i have said.... no IMPLIED.... before, some words mean slightly different things to different people. Just like the label "newbie" is supposivly a bad thing. It's not, actually i believe noobs have the best potential, but they also have the worst, which ever way the people guiding them (mentors) decide to turn them. I probably would be a black hat now if 1 of my mentors didn't explain it to me this way:
If you broke into my house to blow out a candle, that has the POTENTIAL to burn down my house, your action would be against the law BECAUSE for the little fact that you are breaking into my house.
These words changed me forever, b/c i reliezd it was true. Even though your intentions are good, you should only do the black hack if: you know the admin, and they know you and your attentions. just those 2 facts make you a gray hat. 2 little facts from being bad-good. Its not that hard, just 2 get your name out. But off my life, we do need 2 change the media, slowly but if you slowly change it you have more time to perfect the ones that you change, a simple email chain would do, but with more people the faster are better we can do. Thats what forum's are for! I appreciate your feedback! Thanks for your input and understanding. I totally forgot about the "hat" terms. Thanks for helping me explain myself better.
-Spyda