Quote Originally Posted by |3lack|ce
Funny, we're always glad over at the Taz to receive any new tut in any way, shape, or form. Tut threads there don't degenerate into flame wars, regardless of the topic, and are usually expanded upon by both the author and our other members as softwares change, or if methodologies differ. ONE single tutorial written over a year ago has generated an UnGodly amount of responses, asking everything from 'will this work with this hardware' to clarification on the 'how to' process in hardware specific instances. The methods used have been refined to a point where a kindergartener could comprehend it now, and updates come whenever the software changes.

Amazing what a user-run forum can do eh? Uncannily enough, there are no ap's, rep points, or anything that can be assigned to any poster - if someone posts ignorant fluff, his info is quickly corrected by the other members and that user learns.

Incidentally, if the specific tut I'm talking about were posted here, it would've been deleted and the user banned. It involves cracking. Since that user is known to operate on both forums, he'll remain nameless here, and we're bloody glad to have his instruction there.

Now do I support such activities by allowing them to exist and remain in a forum I moderate? Not truly, but as previously stated in this thread I learn the methods of those who would crack my own network, and by doing so strengthen it against that style of attack. Security is a double-edged sword at best, and learning about it comes in many, many forms. To get cliche about it, "Know your enemy."

Nuff said.
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I personally don't ban or close threads about that. I think it would be a bit hypocritical to do that. anyone in ANY security profession should know how the other side operates because there is no way you're going to know how to prevent that unless you first understand how it works.

Even people like professional safe crackers have a legitimate use in a business. Safe's are rated by how long it takes to crack them, if you want it tested, to see how safe your safe is, are you going to ask the people who make it? Or have someone who does it REALLY well, try it out and tell you?

Or that show "It takes a Thief".. It's a really good show, and people who do home security most likely know exactly how to break into a house. That doesn't make them a criminal if they do it on their own property the same way me setting up Windows 98 SE and not patching it to break in doesn't make me one.

That's me personally.