"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
news:j4bmu10dif@news2.newsguy.com:

> From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
>
>> "G. Morgan" <G_Morgan@easy.com> wrote in message
>> news:ljhi67l3sq3kb2r7u9jinnbg3prd75okqh@Osama-is-dead.net...
>>> Dustin wrote:
>>>
>>>> G. Morgan <G_Morgan@easy.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ni3g671ke1higu7tbuo80pte43rjc9t4h5@Osama-is-dead.net:
>>>>
>>>>> Hmmm. Are you going to reveal everything you have learned about
>>>>> the code here? I'd be interested in your findings.
>>>>
>>>> Nope. If I decide to compile my notes into something techie
>>>> readable, it'll go on the site where everybody hangs out and
>>>> disects these little baddies. Oh wait... you don't know the site
>>>> eh? LOL.
>>>
>>> No Dustin, I don't know where the blackhats hang out. You got me
>>> there! I also don't know where the NAMBLA meetings are, do tell.
>>
>> I think you've got it kinda backwards. These things get dissected
>> in the manner BD had asked about. Remember when he asked how
>> anyone would know if a purportedly 'good' program had some other
>> hidden nefarious purpose? The answer was that there are people
>> that investigate such things and it is inevitable that such
>> ulterior purpose would be discovered.
>>
>> Sometimes a blackhat mentality is needed to see how a program
>> such as LoJack for Laptops can be defeated or worse subverted
>> and to warn the public about the possibility before anyone actually
>> puts exploits ITW. You probably won't see many "programmers"
>> are able to do this, but many "coders" are for sure. Fighting fire
>> with fire so to speak.
>>
>> He's talking about the "good guys", not the blackhats, in his above
>> reference.
>
> Aka; Whitehats and ethical hacking.

He has no clue. He's got his opinions of me well formed. His loss.


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