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offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-08 11:03 [#00894530]
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www.hackthissite.org

(Appologies if this site's been posted already!)

Been on this for a day and currently ranked around 700 - But
still climbing!

The site's run by the legendary Spiffomatic from cDc.

Hours of fun!


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2003-10-08 11:07 [#00894535]
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i dont think that we have hackers here


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-08 11:09 [#00894539]
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Oh hohoho think again


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-08 11:16 [#00894548]
Points: 650 Status: Regular



This site is brilliant cos you can really get into it
without any real knowledge of hacking, just a little common
sense - And there's always people on hand to help you out...
Best web site I've found in ages.


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2003-10-08 11:16 [#00894550]
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name them


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-10-08 11:17 [#00894553]
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that funny accent don't fool no won


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2003-10-08 11:23 [#00894561]
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hackers = smart creative people
crackers = the bad guys


 

offline hyakusen from 8=============> on 2003-10-08 11:26 [#00894563]
Points: 7021 Status: Addict



let him say it...hehehe let him say it...let him name
them...

oh , and i know difference between cracker and hacker :)
i think that someone here used illegal word ( nob...khm khm
)


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-08 11:29 [#00894565]
Points: 650 Status: Regular



YES! Ranked 563 now!


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2003-10-08 11:29 [#00894567]
Points: 27325 Status: Lurker



elusive is ma hero!2211one


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-08 11:30 [#00894568]
Points: 21443 Status: Regular | Followup to Inverted Whale: #00894561



yep, wikipedia.org has good descriptions of hackers and
crackers. I also read about this crazy virus called (slammer
I think) which replicated so fast it almost killed the whole
internet or something. Hacker just originally meant elite
programmer/ someone with lots of computer knowledge. Elite
is where l33t came from.


 

offline Phobiazero from the next Xltronic (Sweden) on 2003-10-08 11:38 [#00894581]
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damn, this is fun!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-10-08 11:54 [#00894615]
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They're actually trying to get that distinction recognised
in law now. I'm interested in cyber law (international law
regarding internet use) and it's quite funny some of the way
things work. There's a fair amount of legal knowledge
required of sys admins in order to set the system up to
allow for a successful prosecution in the event of it being
hacked.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2003-10-08 12:04 [#00894625]
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That's great - I didn't know there was a legal effort around
this. Is this in the UK or somewhere else?

Prosecuting the bad guys is difficult. I have had to collect
evidence several times regarding successful and unsuccessful
computer break-in attempts, and to my knowledge no one has
ever been convicted.

Once the trail leaves your own country, it's nearly a lost
cause.


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-10-08 12:08 [#00894629]
Points: 4442 Status: Regular



CYBER LAW ?!?!?!?!
FUCK THAT!!! POLICE YOURSELF ! ! ! ! !

AHHH fuck people touching my internet pisses me right the
fuck off. Ive been using the internet since 1995 and it was
fucking fine until STUPID PEOPLE started to use it. Now
SOCCER MOMS and fucking idiots are going to make it like TV.
FUCKKKK!!!!!

*PULLS HAIR OUT OF SKULL*


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-10-08 12:10 [#00894630]
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I think it was the uk, can't remember which of the two
textbooks I saw it in (one was US/international, the other
was uk.) Can't find it at the moment and I have to get off
the PC for a bit, but if I find it again I'll let you know.
Roughly a third of my degree is computing law.


 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2003-10-08 12:15 [#00894636]
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While it was around, the Zebulun challenge at
www.cyberarmy.com (now www.cyberarmy.net) used to be pretty
fun. The new "Sered" challenge should be interesting when
it arrives.


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-10-08 12:27 [#00894669]
Points: 4653 Status: Regular



shitty speed on that site..
takes like ten minutes to load a single page. too many users
i guess


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-10-08 12:28 [#00894671]
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yep I agree...I am going back to new porn hunting...who'd
have thought I would start running out of stuff to look at.


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2003-10-08 12:29 [#00894672]
Points: 2659 Status: Lurker



I'm afraid to go to those sites. The people there will GET
YUO NAD DWESTROIY YOUR COMPUTER!!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-08 12:29 [#00894673]
Points: 21443 Status: Regular | Followup to oxygenfad: #00894629



don't worry... many great thinkers seem to think the
internet is at an extremely early stage of development.
Something even better than this will come up, and if "soccer
moms" turn it into the quality of tv, there will surely be
many various evolutions with different qualities and
natures, sort of like linux vs windows or independent
videogame creators vs popular crappy ones. From what I've
read of connection machines, it might be possible to have an
entire internet on one computer eventually.


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-10-08 12:30 [#00894675]
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word


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2003-10-08 12:32 [#00894677]
Points: 4442 Status: Regular



I only got past level 1 hahaha

I dont much about HTML >: |

Im very curious, and docs I can read ?



 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-08 12:48 [#00894700]
Points: 21443 Status: Regular



THis is a great site, thanks. I have a lot to learn and am
starting to trust the internet as even better reading
material than books in many cases.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-10-08 12:56 [#00894714]
Points: 31271 Status: Lurker



me


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-10-08 13:17 [#00894748]
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Just checked and I'm pretty sure it's the UK. Sadly my 2
year old Uk computer law textbook doesn't make the
distinction at all or even suggest that "hackers" can be
good :/


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-08 13:19 [#00894753]
Points: 650 Status: Regular | Followup to oxygenfad: #00894677



Level 2's actually really easy - He's hidden the password in
an encrypted file but neglected to upload it.
You have to get there from level 1 (do them in sequence) but
all you do is press submit on that one - You don't even need
a password - Then you see this security flaw that helps you
with level 3...
There's loads of info on the forums about those levels.
Good luck!


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2003-10-08 13:19 [#00894756]
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Man, that site is sooooo fucking slow. I can't sit around
all night and wait for that to load. I'd like to do it but I
can't be arsed to wait.


 

offline obce on 2003-10-08 16:57 [#00895129]
Points: 99 Status: Regular



I hear ZeroCool and Acidburn are pretty good hackers.

They hacked the Gibson!


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2003-10-08 20:37 [#00895345]
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w M w, no "slammer worm" ever fucking touched the internet.

it was only edge bgp routers where clients are connected
to.

worms dont generate traffic across the whole internet...


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2003-10-08 21:11 [#00895353]
Points: 3727 Status: Regular



i hope anyone who's interested in browsing any "hacking
sites" is using a proxy server.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2003-10-08 21:29 [#00895359]
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You are wrong. Slammer touched the Internet.
Maybe you didn't notice?


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-10-09 00:48 [#00895413]
Points: 16280 Status: Lurker



me... I have mad skills with an axe, and hacksaw!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-10-09 00:48 [#00895415]
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sorry that's wrong... it should be skillz!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-10-09 00:57 [#00895418]
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level 1 is too hard... it's not fair!! :(


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-10-09 02:02 [#00895453]
Points: 8864 Status: Regular



cool site man.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-10-09 02:57 [#00895499]
Points: 7824 Status: Lurker



can't get past level three :(

funkmaster, check the source


 

offline mortsto-x from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2003-10-09 03:08 [#00895505]
Points: 8062 Status: Lurker



Can you learn how to hack porn sites if you practice here?
:)


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-10-09 03:40 [#00895516]
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more than likely


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-10-09 18:43 [#00896534]
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i'm stuck on level 6

i tried using the help articles but some of those hackers
obviously spent all their time coding and very little time
improving their reading/writing skills.



 

offline ecnadniarb on 2003-10-09 18:45 [#00896535]
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Level 6 on which section?


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-09 18:52 [#00896540]
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I'm guessing that's on the basic missions?
Level 6 on realistic is getting pretty hardcore!
Level 6 Basic is actually one of the simplest - You just
have to figure out the encryption system yourself - It's
quite simple when you sus it (although the last character
caused quite a headache!).
Try typing in AAAAAAA and see what it's doing...
More of a brainteaser that one.


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-09 18:53 [#00896543]
Points: 650 Status: Regular



There seems to be some problem with Level 8 Basic missions
at the moment so I'm stuck for the time being!


 

offline corticalstim from Canada on 2003-10-09 19:02 [#00896557]
Points: 3885 Status: Regular | Followup to Inverted Whale: #00894561



that is a really common misconception - and i have refuted
it numerous times (at least once) on the board before

a hacker is usually someone who illegally (and someimtes
legally) "hacks" or explores, modifies, or just messes
around with networks and computer systems.

crackers deal more with code and programs - focusing more on
modifying programs and mutating them to try and achieve
something new with the program, or unlock hidden features,
etc.

there are both bad and good members of each group.


 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-10-09 21:04 [#00896658]
Points: 2952 Status: Lurker



heh i agree with whoever said the internet was fine until
stupid people started using it.

everything seems to turn to shit.


 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-10-09 21:06 [#00896660]
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if 'worms' only ever reach bgp borders, how come things like
msblast actually reached & infected so many people's
computers?

...


 

offline celloncllone from anywhere but in (Germany) on 2003-10-10 03:49 [#00896850]
Points: 849 Status: Regular



that's the beauty of the net, it's a blank canvas for
people, groups, organisations to put information on an open
web where anyone can get on and explore, i personally like
it.
yes, i hate some of the shitty javascript exploits to fuck
up people's general surfing experience, but it is a god
structure nonetheless at this point.
AI is becoming serious these days, self-organised content
management etc, we're gonna see the internet clean itself
up....and become a very valueable resource.
personally, free porn galore (great) free information about
literally everything (even better) and of course interacting
with people across the globe....oh and warez heehee


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2003-10-10 05:18 [#00896940]
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stop classifying


 

offline Asche XL on 2003-10-10 10:23 [#00897293]
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This site is hard for the inexperienced. I'm on level 3 of
the basic thing and I'm stuck.


 

offline J Swift from United Kingdom on 2003-10-10 10:37 [#00897314]
Points: 650 Status: Regular | Followup to Asche XL: #00897293



Yeah it is quite tough - Even experienced network security
pro's are saying that!
The WWW Forum on that site has hints for just about every
level though, so it's a wicked site to learn on.


 


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