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Karma 50 writes: "What is claimed to be the world's first school for "hackers" has recently opened in Paris. Run by the magazine hackerz voice, for $60 or so you will be taught the fine art of breaking into systems. Google will do some translation of the course details. The local police are said to be "watching the school with interest"."

177 comments

  1. US won't be happy by Stripsurge · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing the US as well as other counties will see it as a "threat"

    Fp?

    1. Re:US won't be happy by nyteroot · · Score: 1

      yeah, its quite funny and sad that its come to the point where this is legal in frnce but in the US it would be shut down quicker than you can say 'got root' .. when i first read this i laughed out loud, realizing that the police couldnt really do anything until a system was actually compromised or something -- then i realized this was in france (where the notion of civil liberties is, in general, much more deprecated than it is here) and was quite impressed by the fact that the same standard applied there -- and then i realized that in the US, the DMCA makes this illegal now (spreading tools to circumvent security).
      quite a sad state of affairs when the french have more liberties than we do.

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    2. Re:US won't be happy by aspjunkie · · Score: 1

      I'm not sure about US schools, but Canadian universites and colleges have classes on Computer security, including those that moreless teach how to compromise systems, or should I say, how to test your own systems for security holes.

    3. Re:US won't be happy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't matter, I live in Paris too, and I can tell you they hardly know how to read exploit on securityfocus... (They might not even know many security-related sites) Their magazine is a piece of shit, so be sure kiddies learning how to use windoze the hacker way or even to _install_ linux won't hurt anyone.

    4. Re:US won't be happy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I fully agree... those guys suck... even if they showed a pretty master level in the use of copy/paste.

      however, it is true that french government is so unaware of technological stuff that even if this "school" was a real hacking one, it wouldn't get closed.

      ...and one day, there will be a hack and computer science schools will have to stop teaching anything regarding computer security!

      and yes i am an anonymous coward

    5. Re:US won't be happy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is just a scam to impose French language on the rest of the world.

  2. hahah! by jooniqzb1tch · · Score: 5, Funny

    this must be some kind of a joke ..
    I wonder how it made it to a /. story. How can you pretend to be a serious 'hacking school' when your homepage uses l33t sp34k and states that the 'school' itself has a black pirate flag pirate flag on the front and graffiti inside ?
    it all becomes clear when you look at the intended audience : http://www.dmpfrance.com/zh05.JPG 31337 isn't it :)

    1. Re:hahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm french, and I can tell you this school is nothing but shit.
      I saw a news on french TV about this school, and I was sad to see that some "serious people" thought it was hacking.

      Want to know their level ? They made an "introduction to linux" ... What they do is using nmap or nessus, nothing else.It's just a script kiddie school...

      French people are not stupid, there are stupid people everywhere, please don't take care of these script kiddies.

    2. Re:hahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think that this school would be quite a challenge for most current trendy-geek slashdotters.

    3. Re:hahah! by PyroMosh · · Score: 1

      ...just a script kiddie school...

      *shudder* just a script kiddie school? That scares the willies out of me. As if the "naturally occurring" script kiddies weren't enough, now we need schools to pump them out assembly line style!? I've got these visions of a school full of 12-18 year old script kiddy paramilitaries in nazi-esque uniforms. The "Script kiddy youth" as it were...

      Will these students be able to come back for second or third year programs? Year 2: Intro to DDoS? Year 3: Application of DDoS theory? I don't even want to think about it!

      This isn't just a school! It's a central command! The script kiddies are organizing!

    4. Re:hahah! by stealthyburrito · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fremch l33t sp34k? I'm not so sure it has the same flare.

      Bonjourez. Nous sommez l33t. Essayez de nous entaillerez.

    5. Re:hahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When you say 'please don't take care of' in English, the 'take care of' part has a funny connatation.

      When you 'take care of someone', you kill them or shut them up - like in mobster movies.

      You should have said 'don't mind these script kiddies'

      or 'don't pay any attention to these script kiddies'

    6. Re:hahah! by imrdkl · · Score: 1
      I get the sarcasm and cynicism all over this thread, but I think perhaps this "joke" has purpose.

      The French, according to my limited understanding, have some pretty restrictive laws against crypto and hacking. I've been told by a friend who is french that the government is beginning to understand that these laws are perhaps a bit draconian, but that they have not yet been changed.

      This sort of thing is perhaps a good test of liberty in France? In spite of the silliness?

    7. Re:hahah! by arkanes · · Score: 1

      Simple. It's not a hacker school. It's a H@@xorz sk001.

    8. Re:hahah! by tekunokurato · · Score: 1

      They're French! Give 'em a break, they can't help it! ;) -Jack

    9. Re:hahah! by tve · · Score: 1

      In defense of the French and their accents:

      "You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! ---Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English knnnniggets. Thppppt!"

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    10. Re:hahah! by jrockway · · Score: 1

      Gallahad: What a strange person!

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    11. Re:hahah! by gcb123 · · Score: 1

      you're better than me...obviously...

    12. Re:hahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeh I agree.. seems the profiling says it all.. when it comes to only the description of 'a hacker' ..as if hacking is an illegal bizz.. heh (check the 'piratez') I think this more looks like an old movie trying to dramatise or even romantisize (wrd?) and feed the hollywood-like, more negative, point of view on 'hackers'.. come on people.. I think this way the 'profession' is not given credit but instead again is approached by a market's point of view that benefits as long as a 'non-evolved view' is maintained by supporting it.. in short.. 'L4m3' :P

    13. Re:hahah! by 3nslav3r · · Score: 1

      Would killing them really be so bad?

    14. Re:hahah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Plain wierd if you ask me
      Why do you need a school to become a script kiddie. This is so lame.

    15. Re:hahah! by webwench_72 · · Score: 1

      Aww, cmon, y'all know that about 80% of you look just like the guys in that picture -- and the rest of you are women! ;)

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  3. There is something like that in russia already... by svara · · Score: 4, Informative
  4. Arabs come to the US to learn how to fly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    and then go to France to learn how to hack.

    What next???

    1. Re:Arabs come to the US to learn how to fly by Sarcasm_Orgasm · · Score: 0

      Comming to my house and learning how to drink jack daniels out of the bottle, & troll slashdot.

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  5. Lame by AdamInParadise · · Score: 5, Informative

    I heard about that on national TV. It's just lame.

    HackerZvoice is just a crappy "magazine", 20 pages long. It contains usefull tips like "How to bypass the Windows 98 password in 30 seconds" or "How to mount an publicly shared NFS drive remotely and feel 3l33t".

    It makes me ashamed to live in France. Hopefully we don't have the DMCA over here...

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    1. Re:Lame by elem · · Score: 2, Informative

      The magazine is quite funny... they have a pdf of the second edition on their site. Its full of gems like:

      Spoofing e-mail by telneting to an SMTP server
      Flooding servers by leaving 'ping -t' running

      and the rest of seems to be want ads where they can try and trade their DVD's and warez...

      They so want to be compared to something like 2600

    2. Re:Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      At least they are free to "try", sounds like france has more freedom than USA

      If someone tried it in the US they would be shutdown, accused of harboring and promoting terrorists, distributing mp3's... or whatever reason the USA government is using to oppress voices it doesnt want to hear.

    3. Re:Lame by cybrpnk · · Score: 2

      I'll pass on the misspelling...good catch. I agree the internet was never free and independent...but at least it should be (speech, not beer).

    4. Re:Lame by pengwen2002 · · Score: 1

      I totally agree. And when you see how they seek teachers, it's even more laughable.

      Subject: [ResEl] hackers wanted
      Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 20:48:44 +0200
      From: Ze Boss
      Salut,

      Voila une petite annonce qui pourrait intéresser certaines personnes parchez vous, par exemple les heureux vainqueurs du concours "tooshuss" de
      l'année dernière.Pourriez vous transmettre aux gens susceptibles d'etre intéressés ?
      Merci ! (c'est assez urgent.)

      Translation:

      Hello,
      Here's a small ad which could interest some people at your place, for example the happy winners of the contest " tooshuss " of last year . Could you transmit it to people likely to be interested? Thank you! (it is rather urgent.)

      And this "tooshuss" was really a lame contest. Just a flash game easy to crack...

      They really have to be losers for asking me to be a teacher. But if you still want to work for them :0 33 1 53 66 95 28 ou wanted@dmpfrance.com

    5. Re:Lame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      dude, dont be such a lamer, 2600 is lame.

  6. title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    why didn't you put "US President diagnosed with anthrax" as the title, Michael?

    you like misleading titles, no?

  7. The clueless writer by Amomynous+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    From the article -

    A final word of advice to anyone planning to enrol in the school - which has already had enquiries from abroad - if you want to pay by credit card, do it over the phone.

    As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.



    OK. So paying over the internet isn't secure. Paying over the phone is???



    NOT!

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    1. Re:The clueless writer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As long as you submit your credit information over the phone, it's guaranteed safe. There's no way anyone [like the desk jockey that takes your call] can use it in a less-than-aboveboard manner. Really.

    2. Re:The clueless writer by Osty · · Score: 1

      If you're stupid enough to give this group of degenerate skript kiddies your credit card, does it really matter whether you use the net or the phone? They're going to scam you anyway.

  8. haha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Send your script kiddie to obedience school!
    Bad script kiddy! BAD!

  9. That school looks pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What a joke. That school is nothing but a bunch of wannabe haXor script kiddies. All their classes are for newbies and I'm certain that's all they'll get - a bunch of 14 year old newbies.

    Yay! I want to take their $60 introduction to Linux class :-P pppft, if you're just learning linux now, maybe you'll be a hacker in 3-4 years. Being an elite haX0r isn't about taking a class, its about pushing yourself to learn crazy computer stuff that normal people wouldn't have the motivation to do.

    1. Re:That school looks pathetic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      if you're just learning linux now, maybe you'll be a hacker in 3-4 years. Being an elite haX0r isn't about taking a class, its about pushing yourself to learn crazy computer stuff that normal people wouldn't have the motivation to do.

      Being an 'elite haX0r' means you're a 'tard. And I'm sure you think you're on the way to 'haX0rdom' because you installed a nice, shrinkwrapped copy of RedHat 7.3 [does that even exist yet?]. Good work.

    2. Re:That school looks pathetic by dattaway · · Score: 4, Interesting

      That's an accurate description of what should be an intelligent person pursuing a skill, but is severely judgement impaired.

      Reminds me of perfectly grown adults many years ago before the internet who found the CB radio as a hobby. Multi-kilowatt linear amplifiers and outrageous antennas on cars and shack houses were their hallmark. They conducted themselves to be the menace of the society. That was their life goal. To challenge the system. Outlaw freedom fighters of communication. They wanted anarchy on the airwaves.

      Most intelligent electronic hackers simply got an FCC license and enjoyed the finer aspects of the airwaves. The comparison was like heaven and hell. 733t hackers simply seem to have a little growing up to do and then they will see the light.

    3. Re:That school looks pathetic by lowtekneq · · Score: 1
      "Being an elite haX0r isn't about taking a class, its about pushing yourself to learn crazy computer stuff that normal people wouldn't have the motivation to do.


      "Learning" linux won't help you become a hacker(well since many servers run linux knowing some basic comands might help) and I suppose you mean being a black hat. What kind of crazy computer stuff do you have to learn? Maybe some C syntax or asm, java, whatever. And jesus christ what does the world have against 14 year olds :P

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  10. Re:Nah! Re:Ahhh! Another fresh day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OK, I'll start collecting bets.
    1:1 says an OS company will die before the end of the eday,
    1:5 says 10 OS companies will die before the end of the eday.

    I'm not really a good bookie, but I'll try my best, starting with a request that you to start placing your bets, and handing me your cash.

    TIA. I hope you get as much out of gambling as I do.

  11. Re:Ahhh! Another fresh day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ahh, yes and internet is once again safe from many of those bandwidth chewing @home morons.

  12. H4x0r what? by marvin+tph · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here we also have schools where people learn basic system intrusion techniques and run around acting "l33t". They're called high schools.

  13. Cyberarmy Is A Hacker Army Of One by cybrpnk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    CyberArmy is a similar outfit for the training and promotion of hacking knowledge. From their homepage:

    Welcome to CyberArmy - an independant army / union of over 50,000 Internet users, fighting for a free and independant internet. We need more recruits, so join the CyberArmy now! With our online promotional system you can gain officer status in the CyberArmy and take more part in mission proposals, missions, and division commands. Over the following months, we will be focussing our efforts against governmental controls over the net. To re-state the philosophy of the CyberArmy:

    CyberArmy is a group of netizens who believe in a deregulated Internet, which is free from external control. We believe in providing tools to assist others who believe in a free Internet - we support Open Source. We campaign against those who abuse the free nature of the Internet. We believe that spammers, child pornographers, web based scammers, and malicious hackers are enemies of the Internet. We believe that the Internet can be self-regulated, and that we, as equipped and knowledgable netizens, can control and suppress abusers of the Internet, with legal methods, by consolidating together as a united CyberArmy.

  14. Giving Hackers a Good Name by Lunastorm · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's only me, but I don't see this "school" giving real hackers a good name.If anything, it'll validate the notion that hackers are malicious losers.


    On another note, if this school is shut down, I am sure that the readers of Slashdot won't mind, while if it was in America and was shut down, people would be crying: "America is evil! Burn it! Save the Taliban!" Seriously, people would be taken more seriously if they didn't act as if America was the evil Babylon while condoning the governments of China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and of course, the Taliban.

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    1. Re:Giving Hackers a Good Name by nr · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hackers already have a school. Its called University and Computer Science. I would call that Scr1pt k1dd13 school.

    2. Re:Giving Hackers a Good Name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you can't take criticism of your government then I suggest you lock yourself in your basement and never leave again. Big BIG news flash for you : not only are lots of people criticising the governments of China, SAudi Arabia and the Taliban, there are also lots of people criticising the governments of France, the UK, Canada, Australia.... doubtless the Vatican too. WHAT is this problem that some Americans have taht they get so defensive when they're the ones being criticised? GROW UP. Learn to deal with it.

    3. Re:Giving Hackers a Good Name by Lunastorm · · Score: 1

      If you can't take criticism of your government then I suggest you lock yourself in your basement and never leave again. Big BIG news flash for you : not only are lots of people criticising the governments of China, SAudi Arabia and the Taliban, there are also lots of people criticising the governments of France, the UK, Canada, Australia.... doubtless the Vatican too.


      Sure, intelligent people can find something wrong with every government, but we're talking about geeks. These fucking morons act as if America is the only country with problems, and that is bullshit!


      WHAT is this problem that some Americans have taht they get so defensive when they're the ones being criticised? GROW UP. Learn to deal with it.


      I can deal with intelligent criticism, but not this moronic biased bullshit. Doublethink is my kryptonite.

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  15. The big question... by isorox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do they teach you how to get first post?!

    1. Re:The big question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You obviously missed it. I think there is a repeat course in a week, at 8am. So better get up early. Sleeping in is probably how you missed the last course. You really need much better self-discipline if you are to reach grand-master Flirst Ploster.

      You other option is to float with all the detritus that permeates -1 threshold.

    2. Re:The big question... by Pope · · Score: 1

      J'ai obtenu la première poste?

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    3. Re:The big question... by Sarcasm_Orgasm · · Score: 0

      They don't, but I could teach a course on it:

      http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24333&cid=26 40 494
      http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=24237&cid=26 23 883

      If anyone is interested in proffessional instruction, I'd be glad to give lessons. Contact me at fprox0r@firstpost.com for more information. I'll be teaching 4 courses ::a) Hitting Reply ::b) Typing Subjects & Comments ::c) The Mystery & Hysteria behind Slowdown Cowboy. ::d) Why an FP is better than sex with both hand on the same night (Prerequisite: You must have Completed courses a-c)

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  16. a few terms followed closely by a prison term by Judas96' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "The local police are said to be "watching the school with interest"."
    Right on! That means when you graduate you get two pieces of paper: A diploma and an arrest warrent! Better strip out of those robes before the court date. Don't want the judge to think you are trying to impersonate him or anything.

  17. Nooo, please no! by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why the fuck does this appear on /.? EVERYBODY with half a clue in computer stuff laughed at these guys here in France, and cursed the journalists who gave this losers such exposure.

    They are just a bunch of lame'o script kiddies wannabe.

    Just to give you an idea of their stupidity, their publication (Hacker'Z voice) has been repeatedly caught publishing others' articles (see for example this article at linuxfr.org) calling it their own work.

    The most striking example of their kiddie-ness is probably their spelling (both in French and English); I know, I know, flaming someone on spelling isn't exactly glorious, but when the ratio goes above one spelling error per word (and I'm not making this up), you've seriously got to wonder.

    Oh, but wait! They're even more sorry fucks than you'd think. Look at their über-zekure registration form for their university: yoohoo, ACTION="mailto:...". Those guys can't even get fucked to install SSL!

    Couple links for completeness:

    Hacker Z Voice site

    Hacker U site

    1. Re:Nooo, please no! by nettdata · · Score: 2

      The most striking example of their kiddie-ness is probably their spelling (both in French and English);

      My God! Taco is really a Kiddie!

      I know, I know, flaming someone on spelling isn't exactly glorious, but when the ratio goes above one spelling error per word (and I'm not making this up), you've seriously got to wonder.

      Naw, it's just one of many ways to be a karma whore. :)

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    2. Re:Nooo, please no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Why the fuck does this appear on /.? EVERYBODY with half a clue in computer stuff laughed at these guys...

      I think you answered your own question.

    3. Re:Nooo, please no! by WWWWolf · · Score: 1
      ACTION="mailto:...". Those guys can't even get fucked to install SSL!

      But that's okay, because ACTION="mailto:..." has an undefined behavior! If the form even can't work on the browser side, no sensitive data will be sent over the network unencrypted anyway! They are truly l33t! =)

  18. Who's gonna listen? by James+Foster · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They're teaching the fine art of "hacking", which is according to them, "breaking into systems". The true term for that is "cracking", and if they don't know the proper name of what they are teaching, how can anyone possibly take them seriously about the content they are teaching?

    Also, I would think that "the fine art of hacking" would cost more to learn than a mere $60.

    1. Re:Who's gonna listen? by deblorvayn · · Score: 1

      Cost of lame 'haXor' course - $60 Cost of internet connection - Free Look on video feed of security experts face when he sees his systems been hacked - Priceless

    2. Re:Who's gonna listen? by autopr0n · · Score: 2

      The true term for that is "cracking"

      Yes, if you happen to buy ESR's ridiculous revisionist history. Words are defined by the way they're used. When people say "hacker" they probably mean someone who breaks into computers. Up until ESR's campaign "cracker" meant someone who broke software copy protection.

      The fact that people would like the word hacker to mean a certain thing doesn't mean it will.

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    3. Re:Who's gonna listen? by reachinmark · · Score: 1
      The true term for that is "cracking"

      Actually.. isn't this why we have dictionaries? Consulting a US dictionary gives us:

      "hacked, hacking, hacks
      v. tr.
      ...
      3. b. To gain access to (a computer file or network) illegally or without authorization: hacked the firm's personnel database. "
      (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

      It is about time people give up what they think is right usage and give in to popular usage.

    4. Re:Who's gonna listen? by WWWWolf · · Score: 1
      They're teaching the fine art of "hacking", which is according to them, "breaking into systems". The true term for that is "cracking", and if they don't know the proper name of what they are teaching, how can anyone possibly take them seriously about the content they are teaching?

      Man, these French l33t kiddies sure know how to troll - and you bit the bait.

      How do you enrage a bunch of hackers? Call crackers "hackers" or cracking "hacking". Soon, thousands of hackers will (more or less sensitively) correct you.

      That's the oldest trick in the book!

      Also, I would think that "the fine art of hacking" would cost more to learn than a mere $60.

      Yep, if I'd hire a security consultant, this would not be a place where I'd start looking from...

    5. Re:Who's gonna listen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh do shut up. And whoever moderated this up as insightful, get a clue, please...

      If I meet one more new skool child who read The Jargon File and thinks it's cool to piss on about the cracker/hacker difference I'm going to bust their chops.

    6. Re:Who's gonna listen? by Jantastic · · Score: 1

      "[...] Words are defined by the way they're used. When people say "hacker" they probably mean someone who breaks into computers. Up until ESR's campaign "cracker" meant someone who broke software copy protection."

      I disagree. When I say hacker I mean hacker, if I say cracker I mean cracker. I don't mind people using words incorrectly, everybody does (according the definitions I happen to use, which change over time). Language is just part of communication, and the differences in usage often mean something to me, and tell me something about the source and/or sender (in this case, the 'school' and slashdot editor involved). And since I'm using these words in this way, like you said, I define them.
      And I think even less people are aware of any 'ESR campaign', if there ever was one. OK, there might have been one :)

      "The fact that people would like the word hacker to mean a certain thing doesn't mean it will."

      Yes, to some it will. Words I use mean what I want them to mean. In a different context however, words might be interpreted differently (and if I suspect that, I just act accordingly).
      It's like saying: I drive to work with my old car, or by 1.8 GT 12V (only both correct this time).

      Another suggestion (posted below by another user) doesn't work for me either: Picking up a US dictionary?
      I thought the Internet is worldwide. I don't live in the US, and english isn't my first language (but I treat 1, 3 and 4 the same way). I don't give a dictionary (company?) that much credit to let them decide on the way I'm using words, thank you. You use a dictionary in case you don't know a meaning, not if you do.

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  19. Legality of Teaching by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The article wonders wheather teaching hacking is legal. IMHO I think it should be. The reason I give, is that I once studied ninjuitsu (ie, how to be a ninja), and virtually every lesson we learnt how to break bones, and how simple it is to kill people. Yes, we were being trained in the art of killing people. Surely if that is legal, then so is hacking. Afterall, good black hats make great pen-testers.

  20. 'Ware the contradictions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Parent thread title:
    Cyberarmy Is A Hacker Army Of One

    Text in parent thread body:
    Welcome to CyberArmy - an independant army / union of over 50,000 Internet users
    CyberArmy is a group of netizens


    See subject for further detail. It may also be noted that:

    1. Organizations such as this are ridiculous...do they think God laid pipes and scattered routers worldwide? Corporations/Governments laid out the 'net's underlying hardware, and as such have some sort of say-so in its use.
    2. I know, I know...it's cool to think you're a 'cyberpunk'. But, once you realize it's kind of lame and you're really living in a fantasy world of your own design based roughly on the movie 'HACKERS', you won't assume such lame 'handles'.

    Thank you.

    1. Re:'Ware the contradictions by cybrpnk · · Score: 2

      Beware your assumptions. If you think somebody with a handle of "cybrpnk" is automatically a lamer living in a fantasy world modeled on the movie "HACKERS", then you're wrong. It's just a label, CmdrTaco was taken. I posted the link because the ideals of Slashdot and Cyberarmy are very similar, one is just trying to take a more proactive stance than the other, and the same type of people are likely to be interested in both. Attempting to organize individual users to speak up for their interests is ALWAYS a good thing, particularly in a time of Echelons and Carnivores and Magic Lanterns. Think of organizations like Cyberarmy in evolutionary terms: lots of things are tried, the strong flourish, but all were necessary for progress. And speaking of lame labels, a case could be made that Anonymous Coward is the lamest label of all...

    2. Re:'Ware the contradictions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well said. You've somehow managed to change my views on Cyberarmy :/

  21. Hacking School is malicious by Lewisham · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hacking is a Good Thing. It teaches skills and leads to important security holes being filled. By learning about these holes, everyone benefits with the joys of greater knowledge (wooo! Alturistic :) ) But there are already places where you can learn hacking. They call themselves: Universities.

    A lot of courses (at least the ones I have seen) provide a foundation in how to hack, simply because it is the only way to make sure that any systems you create are secure, and tests new technology as well. For example, I've seen two Universites here in the UK that do this. At the University of Bristol, they are researching into how to hack smart chips, whilst University of Nottingham let you try and hack their network. Of course, this is all built into a well-rounded course teaching students Computer Science.

    Where does that leave the idea of "hacking schools"? It puts them quite definitely in the malicious camp. If these people were hacking to increase their skills, they would be taught other things at the same time (ala University). But this "school" is starting people out with hacking, and giving a few lessons in C and Linux for those that don't know. It's not about being a better computer user, it's about being a better hacker, which can only be used for the more nefarious of purposes.

    1. Re:Hacking School is malicious by Aaaaaargh! · · Score: 1

      Of course, this is all built into a well-rounded course teaching students Computer Science.

      Ooh, I hope they also give students a well-rounded education in ethics!

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  22. More kiddie lameness by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 1

    From their site:

    "The courses are spread into three different difficulty levels:
    - NEWBIE (sic)) for newbies
    - WILD (sic) for middle level
    - INTRUSION for the élite"
    ...

    Somewhere else:
    INTRUSION: courses to be available alter
    ...

    They're hiring ... for their INTRUSION and WILD classes, I guess, they've got plenty of teachers for NEWBIE level already I guess.

  23. Impressed by the translation by Google. by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 2, Funny

    It almost perfectly imitates the way that supposedly "french" people talk in English-speaking movies and series such as Cafe Rene.

    Not necessarliy a good thing though. I've seen that series.

    1. Re:Impressed by the translation by Google. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "...series such as Cafe Rene." Just nitpicking, but the series is actually called 'Allo 'Allo. Cafe Rene is the name of the place of main focus in the show.

  24. They've assembled C! by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    On the bottom of this page you'll find the following text:

    Last news, special a Newbie course "Language C" has been just assembled.

    You gotta love automated language translation!
    Hmm, wait a minute - a non-techie english speaker might write the same thing, lol.

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  25. wrong use of word 'hacker' by harakh · · Score: 1

    Bleh - im tired of hearing the word 'Hacker' being used the wrong way - and you all probably know what i mean by that.

    What they do - it seems - at this school is just teaching security issues the other way around. There are tons of private institutions and public universities that teach computer security but they dont call it hacking. Hacking/cracking are buzzwords at the moment and therefore it might make a crappy institution seem cooler.. Though i doubt any "real" hacker/cracker would attend to that school. They already learned whatever they might teach over there from publicly aviable info on the internet. In My Opinion that's the way you should learn security issues aswell.

    I find it doubtful that anyone would turn into a hacker pro just by paying $60 for a few courses in hacking - its like saying an MSCE is a guru ;)

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    1. Re:wrong use of word 'hacker' by autopr0n · · Score: 2

      Bleh - im tired of hearing the word 'Hacker' being used the wrong way - and you all probably know what i mean by that.

      Language is defined by the way it is used, not by the personal desires of various factions.

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    2. Re:wrong use of word 'hacker' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "...its like saying an MSCE is a guru ;)" Anything like saying an RHCE is a guru? I worked long and hard for my MCSE, and I deserve the recognition and salary increase that comes with it.

    3. Re:wrong use of word 'hacker' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anything like saying an RHCE is a guru? I worked long and hard for my MCSE, and I deserve the recognition and salary increase that comes with it

      Yep. Pretty much exactly the same. It means jack shit as to your status as a 'guru'. It just shows you have a basic level understanding of how to operate certain aspects of MS systems.

  26. Re:Ahhh! Another fresh day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    New bussiness-model!

    Our car-manufacturing company has developed a new revolutionary business model for making cars.

    We give away the cars for free and then we sell services for those cars! If you want to we can clean your car, wax it or you can use some of our other services.

  27. I am so happy with this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I am so happy with this, especially with the whole "31337 hackerzzz" approach. I hope it attract some real bad script kidies so we can at least keep them on this big pile. Those who zapped past the dutch mtv last night know what I mean. A kid who likely cant tell a subnet mask from a broadcast addres when asked about the ways to gain entry to a site ansers with an explanation of the diffrence between DoS and DDoS....pathetic!

    Oh btw... I just watch mtv for the interviews!

  28. Not to point out the obvious... by jurros · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but this would be considered a Cracking school, not a Hacking school. A Hacking school would teach logic, problem solving, and finding unusual solutions to everyday problems. If we expect the public to differentiate the two, we have to lead by example.

    Furthermore, I find this article to be full of horrible and misleading information.

    At the end, they hope to have improved their "white hat" or good pirate - skills.
    Ok... What exactly is a 'good pirate'? For that matter, how does piracy (or hacking for that matter) even enter into this article.

    ...which teaches you, amongst other things, how to invent false credit card details and fiddle your mobile phone bills.
    Nevertheless, "Clad" is adamant that he teaches only ethical hacking skills.

    Umm... Yeah. Right. There are perfectly ethical reasons to do these things.

    "For me", he says, "it is enough to know I can break into a system, without crossing the line into illegality."
    Breaking into a system is illegal. Even if it's not in the country where you live, there is no way that it's ethical. But at least the article presents a consenting view on this.

    Hacking is illegal.
    That's like saying thinking is illegal.

    "I teach them ethical values," Clad Strife told me. "It's not my responsibility if they use my information to do something illegal at home.
    I disagree. If you teach a trade that is very likely to be used for malice, it is your responsibility to make sure that you teach it to people who will not misuse it. For example, in the U.S. military, there are weeks of training in which discipline is taught. We don't just give anyone machine guns and send them off. If you were teaching bomb making to your neighbors, you would be a bit more caring to make sure that they behave responsible!

    "[Cracking] is not fundamentally illegal. After all, when you're driving a car, you can knock someone over and kill them, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to have driving lessons, does it?"
    Umm... No. Your argument does not hold up. Using the logic in reverse you see the flaws. "Hitting people with cars is not fundamentally illegal. After all, when you surf the internet, you might break into someone's computer. But that doesn't mean that people shouldn't be taught to use the computer, does it?" That's just rediculous.

    ...if you want to pay by credit card, do it over the phone.
    Anyone sending these KIDS their credit card numbers has more to worry about than whether the internet or phone is more secure.

    As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.
    Yeah. You wouldn't want the wrong people to have your credit card number! ROFLMAO.

    1. Re:Not to point out the obvious... by EchoMirage · · Score: 1

      Actually, you're very wrong. The article uses the term "hacker" to describe someone who breaks into systems correctly. It's changed use to reflect "programmers" (that is, coders, as they used to be called) is a more recent usage, popularized by Slashdot, but NOT the original usage (and don't quote ESR to me, go back to 1971 and look at the word's use on ARPANET).

      A cracker was traditionally someone who cracked passwords, not computers. Crackers were a subset of hackers. There was an excellent essay in 2600 Magazine about this some time back. Nonetheless, people here on Slashdot have obfuscated the meaning of this word beyond recognition.

      I'm sure I'll be modded down and check back in an hour to 30 replies telling me I'm wrong...yay Slashdot.

    2. Re:Not to point out the obvious... by SkepTech · · Score: 0

      No, surprisingly you've not been shouted down. Either the slashdot crowd is growing up or all the children were using @home and are now offline.

    3. Re:Not to point out the obvious... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The AILab in the 60s trumps ARPANET in the 70s. To lump our luminaries and geniuses in with a bunch of uncreative vandals and conmen is sheer slander, and no critical mass of uninformed consumers can make doing that okay.

  29. Ha ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Ah man.. this is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time.. a hacking school?

    "And soon, an introductory course on Linux" - because of course, as soon as you have mastered a few commands in Linux (like ls and cd) then you will be well on your way to taking down 'ASCI White' up at the LLNL :)

    Heh.. no, thats one funny page it really is.

  30. Not secure! by BrookHarty · · Score: 2

    As the school's website says, paying over the internet isn't secure.

    Those hackers dont know about SSL? (-;

    1. Re:Not secure! by Geeky+Frignit · · Score: 2

      Paying with a credit card anywhere is not secure. I think the greatest thing that can come to credit cards are the type that you put a certain amount on, spend it, and then throw it away. Credit card numbers are easy to get by a 16 year old. All you have to do, go out get a job at a grocery store as a cashier. Bring a pen and paper with you and prep your short term memory for remembering 20 digits and a name.

      Using a credit card requires a good deal of trust no matter where you use it. If something is encrypted over a network, it still has to be decrypted someplace else where a person, on the inside, could get to it. Most companies, though, when this is demonstrated to them disregard the warnings because they trust their people on the inside.

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    2. Re:Not secure! by BrookHarty · · Score: 2

      Nothing is secure.. But! you can you can make it as secure as possible, its not like your transmitting clear text, have your database open to the Internet (google btw catalogs database gui html sites, nice way to find open databases...), the employees are thiefs, the company isnt reputable.

      At work we spend millions on security and secure ecommerce e-wallet support, I know of only 2 ways to hack it, and you need root access on the box. If you have root on the box, your broke through many firewalls, software firewalls, tcp wrappers, encrypted file systems, software security alarms, hardend o/s, etc... Its not like we left telnetd open with guest/guest account enabled.

      Washington state senators are even trying to pass identity theft laws that change the time that credit card holders have to report theft charges. Currently its at the time it happens, not the time the card holder notices it.

      BTW, check fraud is much larger than CC fraud.

    3. Re:Not secure! by Geeky+Frignit · · Score: 2

      I agree with you completely in what you said. The company I work for spends millions as well to make their systems secure. There is a good analogy though, when a network has many pieces and complex connections, the easier it is to exploit. In the same way, a complex business is a lot easier to exploit.

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  31. Comparisons by not-quite-rite · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This school of H4X0Rs is to legit hacking what icyhotstuntaz are to legit rap.

    See the comparison for yourself:
    http://stuntaz.cjb.net/

    Better yet, don't. Just forget about it....

  32. can a French hack a museum? by madmag · · Score: 0

    Answer here

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  33. yeah right...script kiddies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    stop the bs, how the hell is using a nmap a portscanner? script kiddies are simply teenagers who run back orifice or sub7, or run precompiled root kits and wouldnt know gcc if it bit them on the arse.

  34. Courses by Krapangor · · Score: 0

    31337 5P34k
    h4X0r 5Cr1p75
    1n574ll1nG l1nUx
    31337 l1NuX C0mm4nDz
    5uP3r 5c3r7 p455w0rd gu3551ng

    And in the end they'll eligible to use the title:
    "3117 m4573R 0f h4X0r1ng"

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  35. Queen of England switches to IIS!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Linux fails again. The Queen of England's website has been upgraded from Linux/Apache to a more stable, better performing Microsoft platform. Do you remember the fuss slashdot made
    when they switched from Solaris to Linux? Where's the update, slashdot?

    More information on the migration can be found on netcraft.

    Slashdot only reports news that supports their communist/pro-linux viewpoints. Stop being such pig fucking biased Linux sluts!!

    1. Re:Queen of England switches to IIS!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In other news, the Queen of Spain and the Queen or Norway both upgraded their webservers to IIS because Linux sucks ass.

      Queen Latifah, the Queen of Hearts, and Freddie Mercury's carcass were unavailable for comment.

  36. It ain't the first course by a long way by Zeinfeld · · Score: 3, Informative
    SecureIT (now owned by VeriSign) had a hacker course out four years ago. Only it was a 2 day course and cost about $1500. It was to train sysops in the techniques they would face.

    The french course appears to be aimed at crackers rather than legitimate white hat hackers. I doubt it will last long at that price, the first true crackers who attend the course will rip off the material.

    Before too long the dweebs will come to the same realisation that the l0pht did, that there is much more money to be made on the enterprise side. They will then get VC, set up a carbon copy of @stake and start wearing suits according to Zeinfeld's law: security consultants who are ex-NSA or MI5 wear jeans and a T shirt, security consultants who are ex-hackers wear suits.

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    1. Re:It ain't the first course by a long way by jpostel · · Score: 1

      I imagine the SecureIT and @stake classes are a lot better too. ;)

      I teach MCSE classes (quit laughing) and I get asked about password crackers and other stuff all the time. It amazes me that many full time admins have little or no clue about security. Forget the tough stuff like encryption, firewalls, or VPNs, they don't even understand password complexity and dictionary attacks.

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    2. Re:It ain't the first course by a long way by ret · · Score: 1

      Surprises you, eh? Come do my job for awhile... I work in the IT department, i'll leave the company unnamed, our info sec guys try to tell me crap like user's cannot have their telnet client open for me to reset their password on our unix boxes. Apparently our unix boxes are psychic and know when a user is going to attempt to log in shortly (would that make them psychix?). 2 days after wep encyption was cracked, the boneheads here decided it would be a great idea to install a wlan in my building... now this building constantly has passwords being sent through the network for every single progarm in the company, anyone who gets them can make anyone owe or be owed as much money as they want, get access to unused cc #'s, etc, and our idiots decide this would be a good place to test a recently proven insecure network setup... stupid. I could go on and on about the stupidity of these guys that are keeping our network "secure" and their lack of knowledge of how any of these systems work.
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  37. Just what the world needs. by Seehund · · Score: 1

    What is claimed to be the world's first school for "hackers" has recently opened in Paris.

    If that was true it would be great, since we already have schools against hackers.

    Oh, wait. The article was about a school for crackers

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  38. You mean Cracker not Hacker by nr · · Score: 0

    *sigh* Then will people learn that hacking is not about breaking into systems and doing illegal things. A Hacker is a very clever, smart and briliant programmer. Just to name a few known great hackers: Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Bill Joy, Linus Torvalds, Alan Cox, Theo de Raadt, John Carmack.

  39. /. advertising Hackerz V0ice. Great by Radium_ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is just great. Anyone who has read Hackerz V0ice once knows they are just a bunch of lamerz who think they are the master of the Internet just because they know how to use Back Orrifice.

    Hackerz V0ice (the magazine) is a piece of crap explaining how to use 3 years old "exploits" (hear : "windows trojans") in s0M Scr1Pt K1dY l4n64g3 50 FuL of M15T4kz I have to re-read sentences twice to understand what they mean.

    The best part is that they think the represent the french "kackerz" (as if these guys were hackers) and advise anyone to rally their "movment". They want to be the french CCC, but they are just another group of computer illeterates who are trying to make money out of the Lin00X/Int3rn3T/conspir4Cy/"Micr0S0ft Sux" trend.

    To bad only french sites talk about this magazine, you'll have to use babelfish, but *please* have a look at :
    - http://www.kitetoa.com/_disc1/showthread.php3?thre adid=22
    - news:fr.comp.securite

    1. Re:/. advertising Hackerz V0ice. Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Illeterates"? I don't think I need to say anything else about your post.

  40. Re:Nah! Re:Ahhh! Another fresh day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    community.cnn.com

  41. Spanish Queen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Silly, the last Queen the Spanish had sent out Columbus to discover a faster route to India, Silly

  42. actualy. by autopr0n · · Score: 2

    Well, as others said, you're not going to learn how to hack in a week for $60. But it can be taught.

    My university actually does teach classes on hacking, or as they call it 'information warfare'. Not 'security' mind you, 'warfare'. Of course, it's a grad program... you'll need a degree before you can even take it...

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    1. Re:actualy. by ret · · Score: 1

      If I remember right, they teach some basic stuff in some of their early unix classes, too, don't they (it might be indian hills college I'm thinking of, just south of ia state)? I believe they write a little login program that records the password somewhere then logs the user in, and some stuff along those lines to show what can be done with some basic knowledge (assuming file persmissions on the server are retarded and let you over-write important files of course).
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  43. I'm worried. by BelDurnik · · Score: 1

    It is in essance a great thing that there is a school for hacking where you can pay to learn. The problem is that this might cause more problems for computer users because in so many circles the word "Hacker" is such a touchy subject already. Isn't it possible that creating a school is going to increase already tightening regulations?

    1. Re:I'm worried. by ret · · Score: 1

      I don't think it would be a problem if the school were worth a damn as word would get around as to what it really teaches and they would be careful not to be doing anything that would add to the bad name of hackers... This school in particular, of course, is, as has been said many times allready, a bunch of jerk-offs who don't know a damned thing except how to use back-orifice and various other script kiddy toys.
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  44. Not new by Zemran · · Score: 1

    We have been teaching cracking as part of our computer forensics course for 2 years now. At first the FBI used to come along but now they have set up their own courses so I know that there are courses running in the US as well. The only diffence is this one lets anyone and his dog join in whereas we only accept police and customs agencies.

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  45. Security through obscurity? by reachinmark · · Score: 1
    Surely, if we can overlook the obvious sillines of the whole thing (and lets remember that people read slashdot and laugh at *us* too), this is something that can only help to improve security in the long run?

    Nobody denies that security through obscurity is a flawed concept.. so surely the more kids out there who know how to stress test a computers security, the more we are going to see systems made more secure.

    Given how much free information is available on the web anyway, and how easy it is to get involved in those "elite" hacking groups, this "school" isn't doing anything more than making it a little bit easier for the lads whilst taking some of the load off their wallets.

  46. "how to br3ak into carz" by Jacek+Poplawski · · Score: 0, Troll

    "how to br3ak into carz and kill all passangers" - school manual for mechanics. Students are happy. Police said "it will look closer on this school manual".
    Other mechanics said it's just manual for criminals, but press didn't listen. "If you can break into car you are mechanical" they said.
    "Free kicknick!" said mother of 23 years old M. Kicknick, who killed 13 people in school bus. "He is just mechanic" said mother to press.
    In the January we will see "Mechanics" - classic movie about serial killers.

    PS. yes, Jargon File, dear slashdot posters

  47. Lame by Pope · · Score: 1

    The internet was never "free and independent" (watch that spelling!) from the start, so you're running under false assumptions.

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  48. ooopppsss!!! by air1 · · Score: 0

    META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR it's always fun to look at html sources!!! as a frenchman i'm really starting to feel annoyed by the attitude of some of my counterparts, people must really get a distorted view of our country!!!! heaven is a place where bullshit would only exit on TV(hurrah, we ayeth halfway there) FRANK ZAPPA

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  49. Slashdot as DDOS by Alien54 · · Score: 2
    They'll probably have their site /'ed, and then they'll cite it as an example of a super sophisticated DDOS attack

    watch that server go up in smoke, just by coincidence.

    Given the french law, which does have a tendency to be draconian, and given the recent change in the security environment, it might have been safer to open a school for aspiring criminals, or something.

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  50. Security and Hacking by hyyx · · Score: 1

    I gaurantee this hacking school will attract a lot of genuine soon-to-be kiddies and nothing but negative exposure for the school itself. As everyone here is saying, they seem to be teaching more of a cracking style than hacking or security. I would seek out a more reputable source of education if I wanted to learn more than "the fine art of breaking into systems". Security education at @stake just doesn't compare to the quality you get at Xintra. You're not going to go to fast-food for gourmet.

  51. Wow, I can see it now. by Ziviyr · · Score: 1

    While they still won't know how to flip the power switch, they'll know how to jam something metal into it so they can be uber-l33t (didja know your computer was located the upper left corner of that glowing thing you're sitting on?) when they realize that thick cord popping out of their 'puter is supposed to be connected to the wall.

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  52. "Crackers", not "hackers" by gTsiros · · Score: 0

    a hacker is someone who seeing a hex dump of an executable can understand what the program does and if there is a bug somewhere, fix it.

    a cracker is something else.

    a cracker to a hacker is what an amoeba is to a human.

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    1. Re:"Crackers", not "hackers" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Even if 5 million people hadn't already pointed this out, your post would still have made me want to vomit

  53. The show "Mutant X" used "cracker" by J.+J.+Ramsey · · Score: 1

    "It is about time people give up what they think is right usage and give in to popular usage."

    It looks like use of the term "cracker" is *starting* to come into popular speech. I caught that TV show "Mutant X" (sort of a pseudo-X-Men, but not as smart) actually use the term "cracker" for someone that breaks into computers. Not much, but it's a start.

    Now if Andromeda would've actually used the term "kluge" correctly . . .

  54. A real life hacking school would be a good thing.. by eXtro · · Score: 1
    The real hackers don't need the school of course, they'll poke and prod and palpitate systems and software to learn far more than any school could ever teach. Most I/S people, even those in charge of security, aren't hackers though. They've taken MCSE, RHCE or other vendor specific training and have a mediocre background in computer science.


    They're also usually the most draconian people when it comes to security, even though the security measures they impose usually are of questionable value. The running joke at the company where I work is that I/S will finally be happy with security when they've taken away our keyboards. Their own systems will be have modems with the telephone number on a piece of tape outside their office and no root or admin password.


    At least with a crash course they'll learn to see what the real problems are and why its a good idea to keep a positive rapport with those in the companies who are hackers.

  55. Script kiddies or Hack masters? by drsoran · · Score: 1
    So, this place is essentially the Frogwarts School of Wizardry?

    I know, I know. Mod me down. I had to say it.

    1. Re:Script kiddies or Hack masters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think you mean Hogwarts, if your reffering to harry potter that is.

  56. Follow up by Karma+50 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Of course, it isn't really the world's first.
    A quick search after submitting the story turned up these articles

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  57. "Hackerz [sic] Voice"? by Legion303 · · Score: 2
    Will they have a basic spelling course?

    Why do I get the feeling that all my friends would laugh at me if I pursued an education at Hacker U?

    -Legion

    1. Re:"Hackerz [sic] Voice"? by Animats · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The original reads well. You're reading machine-translated colloquial Parisian French.

  58. You don't need to guess: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    I'm guessing the US as well as other counties will see it as a "threat"
    From the article:
    Internet lawyer Eric Barbry disagrees. "It's like saying that if you leave your front door open, I can just walk into your house and wander around. Hacking is illegal."
    I'd say it's more like "I can see from the street right through the open door." Letting someone know they left their door open is just being neighborly.

    IANAL, but I know that there are degrees of severity WRT physical trespass and "breaking and entering". If the door's already open, the crime is not nearly as severe.

    SVM, ERGO MONSTRO

    1. Re:You don't need to guess: by kz45 · · Score: 0

      Internet lawyer Eric Barbry disagrees. "It's like saying that if you leave your front door open, I can just walk into your house and wander around. Hacking is illegal.

      hacking is actually closer to having a weak door, as people are smashing areas all around your house with baseball bats, until something caves in.

    2. Re:You don't need to guess: by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · · Score: 1

      Nope - no property is damaged. I'd say the original analogy is pretty much correct. Merely "breaking into" a system is just wandering around it, seeing what's around. It doesn't matter if you just opened a door or went through the ducts - there was no damage.

  59. Maybe the should attend by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 1

    the "University of Copulation" otherwise know as...

    FSCK U.

    (insert rimshot)

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  60. Terrorist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I hope they get labeled as terrorist....and rightfully so. Unless they are a lawfully approved crime fighting organization I hope they go to jail.

  61. Dont be so down on the whole thing by dknight · · Score: 1

    Granted, this may not be the ideal group to be doing this, but I dont think there's anything necessarily wrong with a hack school. I, for example, am not a hacker. I am very good with computers, I've been using them all my life, but I couldnt hack to save my life. Is it because I havent spent enough time working with computers? I doubt it. With most computer things, I can just see what I'm doing, and it's easy, but I simply dont understand hacking. It is still a skill I would find invaluable, as I intend to move into network security as my field of work. I would love to be able to sign up for some classes on hacking, taught by hackers. While these guys may not be the people we want to do it, the idea seems fine with me. As far as concern about script kiddies and the like... they dont need a class to be able to do what they do. That's the whole idea behind their title. They can already just point and click, so why would they bother with a hacking class? Even if they did take it, what are the odds that such people would actually pick up anything? They tend to be the more lazy among us, so I seriously doubt they would go wholeheartedly into the class.

    1. Re:Dont be so down on the whole thing by ret · · Score: 1

      well, i believe the reason they need a class is A) most people are complete, worthless, retards with an iq of about 10. and B) they aren't neccesarily tryign to "hack" the lazy way. Most probably don't even realize they are script kiddies, what with how media portrays hackers and how most "hacking" websites are, many of them probably think they really are hacking and doing something that takes a lot of knowledge because from day 1 they've been told they are and haven't managed to be told differently yet.
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  62. I think you mean... by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 2

    > but this would be considered a Cracking school,
    > not a Hacking school.

    Sounds more to me like it's going to be a skr1p7-k1dd13 sk001. Do you really think the implications, and exploitation, of buffer overflows and IP spoofing can be tought in a short course? I suppose they could have a list of prerequisites...

    More likely they're teaching things like how to get an IP from a domain name and how to get and use the latest skr1p7z.

    1. Re:I think you mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thank you for yet another content-free posting. And with your +1 bonus, it managed to waste the time of a bunch of people! Way to go, fuckwit!

  63. Hacking is different... by mirabilos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    call it cracking.

    Sorry if there's a zero-body post, but I hit
    the return button while still in Subject line.

    It's called cracking, and not hacking, for
    certain reasons which all are outlined in the
    Jargon file at http://www.ccil.org/jargon/
    and for which its author has my full ACK.

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    My Karma isn't excellent, damn it! (And /. still does not get UTF-8 right in 2012. Wow.)
  64. hhmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    wow.. they must be pretty 31337. I wish I could be like them. lol

  65. Target Audience a Myth. by Zspdude · · Score: 1
    The local police are said to be "watching the school with interest"." Certainly they will be, but if they do so because they fear that from this school illegal activity will result, they are doing it for exactly the wrong reasons.

    The simple fact is, cutting edge security training is valuable, whether or not it is taken from a hacker's perspective or that of someone who wants to keep hackers out. A System Administrator could glean a lot of good information by attending Hacker's school: "Know thine enemy" applies here in a very big way. If you learn how to find a security breach in order to hack into a system, you can find the same breach and fix it: if you know how to hack, and understand the techniques involved, it becomes a lot easier to defend against those techniques.

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    What's in a Sig?
  66. It's foony by uberstool · · Score: 1

    http://www.uact.edu/ has a Net Defense program.

  67. Spot the Snob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What`s much funnier than this course are the snobbish comments coming from many Slashdot posters. Almost all attacks on systems come from so called script kiddies i.e. someone who didn`t work out the security flaw themselves. How many Slashdot posters have actually broken into a system without using some prior knowledge gleaned from another programmer - if it`s one percent I`d be more than surprised.

    1. Re:Spot the Snob by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 1

      How many Slashdot posters have actually broken into a system without using some prior knowledge gleaned from another programmer - if it`s one percent I`d be more than surprised.


      How many Slashdot posters are actually breaking into systems? Not many. It's not "security experts" vs. "script kiddies", it's "everybody" vs. "script kiddiees"

  68. When by mindstrm · · Score: 1

    Will you zealots learn that 'hacker' has different contexts, and that the majority of people view someone who breaks into computers as a 'hacker', therefore, THATS A VALID MEANING.

    1. Re:When by NitsujTPU · · Score: 1

      Does that make someone who writes only HTML a programmer?

  69. My findings. by mindstrm · · Score: 2

    You know.. I used to think that.
    But I have yet to see one, single security-minded 'hacker' tackle a real sysadmin job and do it any differently than those he previously lambasted for being 'dumb'.

  70. Get over it; hacking is *not* problem solving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Here's a news flash: you lost the linguistics war.

    I'm not a hack; I don't hack; I don't produce hacks.

    I am a problem solver; I do solve problems; I do produce solutions.

    What's so hard about that?

  71. Natural selection by LazyDawg · · Score: 2

    I think "Universities" like these are a great idea. Finally, a place to teach people the hard way not to be stupid!

    Its like those Smart Pills you find on the ground in the woods. You know, the ones which turn out to be rabbit poop?

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    "Look at me, I invented the stove!" -- Ben Franklin
  72. French l33t sp33k by hooded1 · · Score: 2

    Wait a sec. how do they do l33t speak in french... half the characters used it l33t speak for vowels are just accented french letters... So the words aren't gunna look much different

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    A rabbit in the hand is worth 4 in the cage
  73. Well.. by mindstrm · · Score: 2

    I'm trying to answer that.. but I don't see what you mean.

    Definitions in the english language are based on what is generally accepted as the meaning of said words. Many words evolve into having many different meanings.

    "Hacker", to most people in the English world, means someone who 'hacks into computers'

  74. "hacker" vs "cracker", an English only thing? by decapentaplegic · · Score: 1

    So anyone who's read much Slashdot knows that lots of folks get worked up over the distinction between the words "hacker" and "cracker". My question: Is this and English language only thing? Do any other languages have 2 words and constant debate over which means what? If so, do any of the automated translation engines get it right?

  75. Handsome Boy Modeling School by Stalyn · · Score: 1

    is the best $60 I ever spend. If you got 60 dollars in your pocket go to Handsome Boy Modeling School. If it wasn't for Prince Paul and Automator I'd be modelling in Albania or some Balkan country, still.

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    The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education. - Paul Feyerabend
  76. Clad by Lewis+Daggart · · Score: 1

    Ok, maby its just a language thing. I'm not french, so I don't know. But come on, "Clad Strife"? What's with that?

    1. Re:Clad by ret · · Score: 1

      As it said in that article about the "school", it is taken from the character of a psx game.
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    2. Re:Clad by Lewis+Daggart · · Score: 1

      Um.. the videogame is FF7, and his name is "Cloud Strife", not Clad. At least in america. Oh well, like I said, it's probably just a language thing

    3. Re:Clad by ret · · Score: 1

      ah ok, I misunderstood what you were questioning about it then... thought ya didn't understand where he got the idea from instead of the fact that the name is incorrect, which I of course found a bit odd given your shinra.org e-mail addy.
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  77. bring them down... by fodi · · Score: 0

    Someone, with the know-how, please hack their web site... it'd be sooooo funny

  78. New French school opens ... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 2


    There is a new French Language school opening. For $60.00 they will teach you the meaning of phrases like "me casa es su casa", and how to count, such as "Uno, Dos, Tres ...". When you finish it you will have learned the fine art of speaking French.

    In other words ... Hacking is != Cracking any more than French == Spanish. Just as some hackers are also crackers, but most are script kiddies, some people who speak French also speak Spanish, but most do not. Try breaking into a computer system with duct tape if you think hacks automagically apply to cracking. (That was English I just used there by the way, which you can also learn in my new Sanskrit course ;^} )

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    Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
    1. Re:New French school opens ... by SaXisT4LiF · · Score: 1

      I disagree.

      French and Spanish may be different languages, however, they are both latin based and mutually intelligable (a native spanish speaker will understand enough french to communicate to some extent).

      Hacking and Cracking are not mutually intelligable. A script kiddie isn't going to know how to write kernel modules.

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      Fight or flight its all the same
      Live to die another day

      --Ryan
  79. France Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is why I like to toast to the destruction of French civilization. These guys got bored protesting that their welfare benefits weren't high enough.

  80. Hacker training is not new... by kspett · · Score: 1

    Many companies have offered hacker training classes for ages now. At the moment, Ernst & Young, Foundstone, Global Knowledge and many other companies offer classes that will teach you how to break into systems.

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    Kevin "Cash Money" Spett
    Ignore your rights and they go away.
  81. kidhacks == script_kiddies by gol64738 · · Score: 1

    these guys are completely lame. they make it seem that they can break into any system. want my IP guys? please no packet bombs.

    weren't these types called kidhacks in the early eighties when BBS's were popular?

  82. I love the cyberarmy. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fighting for a 'free and independant internet', 'free from external control'. How, you ask? By setting up one big, central governing authority of clueless script kiddies.

  83. A better analogy.. by Sarcasm_Orgasm · · Score: 0

    Nude bussiness-model!

    Our girl-manufacturing company, will give you a very pretty girl, but you have to pay $10 for food, $50 for cleaning, & $100 for every sexual act. Nope I'm wrong it's a worse analogy..it'd work, I'm paying more now for the girl I don't own.

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  84. Re:There is something like that in russia already. by DarkDust · · Score: 1

    Yes, that also came to my mind... saw an article about this one in german television about one year ago or so. I guess the french "hacker school" isn't very good because they are definetly not up to date ;-)

  85. F (Re:Lame) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, don t be ashamed: I left France about 5 year ago, and it s seems that freedom of expression is much higher there than in many "modern democracies" and that because justice doesn t make bread and butter of any stupid claim and also because political incorrectness is accepted so that it is still possible to call "un chat un chat" and not turn any idea into a conventional soup that qualifies with MTV and CNN standard language base (MCSLB).

    Now, wether that school is lame or not, be prepared that "They will smoke them out..." and "bring them down" since hacking=piracy=antiamericanism=terrorism right ? A shame, though, Paris used to look nice before the F117s ...

  86. Re:The clueless writer^H^H^H^H^H^Hmoderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Off fucking topic????



    Stupid god damn moderators.