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Everyone Is A Hacker In Training

Posted by Zonk on from the commentary-from-the-unique dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Michal Zalewski was recently interviewed by O'Reilly's Onlamp. During the interview, he stated a belief that hacking is a state of mind. From the article: 'I don't think that (good) hackers have any special, hardwired mental abilities or specific personality traits, and I do believe you can easily learn to think like a hacker, even when you come from a different background.'" The interview goes on to discuss the overall need for better security in protocols and communications.

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  1. Who Michal Zalewski is... by KingSkippus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because neither the article nor the summary make it clear, Michal Zalewski is a Polish author and hacker who has a book named Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks published by No Starch Press and sold at your favorite bookstores.

    O'Reilly has an online profile of Michal:

    Michal Zalewski is a security researcher who has worked on topics ranging from hardware and OS design principles to networking. He has published research on many security topics and has worked for the past eight years in the InfoSec field for a number of reputable companies, including two major telecommunications firms.
  2. Re:Is Your Son a Computer Hacker? by zhenga · · Score: 5, Informative

    I thought I read this story before, so did some googling, and sure enough, its an old ctrl-c,ctrl-v story from 2001: http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.4 2056.2147.html

    nevertheless a funny one :)