The best way I can think to explain hacking is as a lifestyle. A hacker takes what they know about something like a computer and thinks of new unique ways to use that something. It's not necessarily about gaining unauthorized access to a system or stealing information from remote computers etc.Judgment wrote:I want to know how hacking works. Also i know languages like C, C++, java. Can i implement them in hacking or solving puzzles
I am wondering how the puzzles on this site help in learning hacking.
I would appreciate if anybody will help.
If yes can you give me the basic outline of the procedure in short.To be honest, Im not much of a programmer...but yes you can use java, C, or whatever language. You are using what you know, say C++, and using it to solve a problem, or accomplish a specific task.Judgment wrote:Thanks buddy, that was quite a good explaination.
But can i implement java,C or C++ while hacking?
-Judgment
I think i can call myself s good "hacker" but i doesn't know a single language, but i understund them allJudgment wrote:Thanks buddy, that was quite a good explaination.
But can i implement java,C or C++ while hacking?
-Judgment
you understund? i see the code and with abit of logic i figure out what the line do ^^Liidian wrote: I think i can call myself s good "hacker" but i doesn't know a single language, but i understund them all
From what you say I don't think you qualify. It's not about just understanding, but to create and improve. Sometimes logic is not enough, as seen in one of my favourite code snippets:http://catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html wrote: How do I tell if I am a hacker?
Ask yourself the following three questions:
* Do you speak code, fluently?
* Do you identify with the goals and values of the hacker community?
* Has a well-established member of the hacker community ever called you a hacker?
If you can answer yes to all three of these questions, you are a hacker. No two alone are sufficient.
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float lol (float x){
float xhalf = 0.5f*x;
int i = *(int*)&x;
i = 0x5f3759df - (i>>1);
x = *(float*)&i;
x = x*(1.5f - xhalf*x*x);
return x;
}While this list is an ok identifier of computer hackers, I don't fully agree with it. I don't think being a hacker is restricted to just computers. For example, one may know a lot about a particular tool and like how it is put together and how it works, but may figure out a way to modify that tool to do it's job better or use it in other ways not intended by the creator. In this case I would say the person has hacked the tool. Like the MIT model railroad club rigging old telephone equipment to create a complex system to control the railroad track. They used equipment meant for one task to do something it wasn't made for. While this is close to computer hacking, its not quite the same. In my opinion hacking can be applied to more than just computers so programming is not always necessary to be a hacker and about have a member of the hacker community call you a hacker? why is this a requirement. If a hacker just isn't affiliated with anyone in the hacker community, that doesn't mean that they aren't a hacker. That just means they aren't close to other hackers.LarsH wrote:Liidian wrote: I think i can call myself s good "hacker" but i doesn't know a single language, but i understund them allFrom what you say I don't think you qualify. It's not about just understanding, but to create and improve. Sometimes logic is not enough, as seen in one of my favourite code snippets:http://catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html wrote: How do I tell if I am a hacker?
Ask yourself the following three questions:
* Do you speak code, fluently?
* Do you identify with the goals and values of the hacker community?
* Has a well-established member of the hacker community ever called you a hacker?
If you can answer yes to all three of these questions, you are a hacker. No two alone are sufficient.
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float lol (float x){ float xhalf = 0.5f*x; int i = *(int*)&x; i = 0x5f3759df - (i>>1); x = *(float*)&i; x = x*(1.5f - xhalf*x*x); return x; }
I'm sure that's what he was talking about (software), and an understanding of writing and reading code is certainly a must for software hacking. I just feel that limiting hacking only to computers is inadequate since anything can be improved upon and used for things other than the original intent. I also feel it's necessary for any kind of hacking to have not only a deep understanding of a topic but a broad understanding of many different topics.LarsH wrote:plope0726: I agree on that. But the first post made me assume only software hackers were considered.
nmap is a port scanning tool. It depends on the country you are in whether or not it's illegal. In the US it is not illegal, but other countries it is. I'm not familiar with CRC32 but after searching Google it looks to be used as a checksum generator for files, usually used to verify that the data of a file hasn't been corrupted or altered. There shouldn't be any legal ramifications for it's use.Judgment wrote:I came across some tools some of them were nmap and CRC32. Can any one tell me how is its functioning, or can its use make someone to sue the user?
-Judgment