Sunday, March 2, 2008

HACKING-THE COMPLETE GUIDE

MEANING OF HACK..........
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH ALL OF US IS THAT WE DONT KNOW WHAT IS THE REAL MEANING OF HACKING...........
WE ALWAYS COLSIDER THAT HACKING IS ENTRING IN ANOTHERS SYSTEM AND TAKE CONTROL OF IT...
BUT IT IS JUST A PART OF HACHING......
HACKING MEANS TO MOULD A THING AS YOU WANT.....THINKING DIFFRENTLY HOW A THING CAN BE DONE DIFFRENTLY
FOR EXAMPLE
YOU ALWAYS TAKE CHINESE FOOD WID TWO CHOPSTICKS BUT IF U FIND A WAY TO DO IT WITH THREE CHOPSTICKS THEN YOU HAVE MADE A HACK WITH CHOPSTICKS OR YOU ARE PLAYING THE PINBALL GAME AND DURING GAME YOU HAVE PRESSED "BMAX" THEN YOU WILL HAVE UNLIMITED BALLS TO PLAY AND THE GAME WILL NEVER ENDUP SO HERE YOU HAVE HACKED THE PINBALL GAME.

HACKER.....
IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORLD, A HACK IS TO ENTER IN A SYSTEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT LEGALLY OR ILEGALLY.AND A HACKER IS THE PERSON WHO DO IT. THE TERM "HACKER"MAY MEAN SIMPLY A PERSON WITH MASTERY OF COMPUTERS; MOST PEOPLE HACK BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO DO THE RIGHT THING.THE PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK THAT A HACKER IS THE PERSON WHO DO ILLEGAL THING USING TECHNOLOGY. BUT THERE IS A VERY BIG MISTAKE. IN REAL THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HACKERS ONE WHO DO HACKING FOR LEGAL PERPOSE CALLED THE "HACKER" OR "ETHICAL HACHER" AND THE OTHER ONE WHO DO HACKING FOR ILLEGAL PERPOSE CALLED THE "CRACKERS". THE TYPES OF HACKERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

WHITE HAT

A WHITE HAT HACKER OR ETHICAL HACKER IS SOMEONE WHO BREAKS SECURITY BUT EHO DOES SO FOR NON-MALICIOUS REASONS. WHITE HATS GENERALLY HAVE A CLEARLY DEFINED CODE OF ETHICS, AND WILL OFTEN ATTEMP TO WORK WITH A MANUFACTURER OR OWNER TO IMPORVE DISCOVERED SECURITY WEAKNESSES, ALTHOUGH MANY RESERVE THE IMPLICIT OR EXPLICITE THREAT OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AFTER A REASONABLE TIME AS A PROD TO ENSURE TIMELY RESPOSE FROM THE CORPORATE ENTITY.

GREY HAT

A GREY HAT HACKER IS A HACKER OF AMBIGUOUS ETHICS AND/OR BORDERLINE LEGALITY,OFTEN FRAKLY ADMITTED

BLUE HAT

A BLUE HAT HACKER IS SOMEONE OUTSIDE COMPUTER SECURITY CONSULTING FIRMS THAT ARE USED TO BUG TEST A SYSTEM PRIOR TO ITS LAUNCH, LOOKING FOR EXPLOITS SO THEY CAN BE CLOSED. Microsoft ALSO USES THE TERM BLUEHAT TO REPRESENT A SERIES OF SECURITY BRIEFING EVENTS.

BLACK HAT

A BLACK AHT HACKER IS SOMEONE WHO SUBVERTSCOMPUTER SECURITY WITHOUT AUTHORISATION OR WHO USES TECHNOLOGY FOR TERRORISM, CREDIT CARD FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT, OR MANY OTHER TYPES OF CRIME

SCRIPT KIDDIES

SCRIPT KIDDIE IS A TERM FOR A COMPUTER INTRUDER WITH LITTLE OR NO SKILL. A PERSON WHO SIMLPY FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS OR USES A GUIDE APPROACH WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THE STEPS THEY ARE PERFORMING.