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I am surprised by the attitude against what he did, both on reddit and even more so here. Afterall this is "hacker news" and the submission is called "hack your
by lkozma 15y ago
I am surprised by the attitude against what he did, both on reddit and even more so here. Afterall this is "hacker news" and the submission is called "hack your way...". Any definition of hacking that I know includes cleverly exploiting the limitations and boundary cases of a system. I see this attitude as part of a larger trend of "sandbox"-ification, "theme park"-ization of computing.
- milkshakes 15y agothe competition wasn't "DOS the box", it was "capture the flag". this is charlie sheen "winning" at best
- Drbble 15y agoThe competition was "Teach Stripe the fundamentals of computer security". Resource quotas is one of those fundamentals.
- milkshakes 15y agoYour goal is to read the contents of /home/level02/.password. Not sure how exhausting resources will advance you toward that goal.
- lkozma 15y agoNot sure about Charlie Sheen, but hacking is all about ignoring what the competition is supposed to be and doing what is possible.
- liquidsnake 15y agoIt is against the rules (and against common etiquette) to DOS the machine in CTF events. I don't see how fork bombing the machine helped him solve any challenges so I can't see how someone could approve to that.
- kahawe 15y agoAnd another way of looking at it is: someone offered you free entertainment and education and you slapped them in the face and ruined the fun for everyone for quite some time. "Hacker" certainly does not include or entitle you to being a dick.