10 Oct
2019
10 Oct
'19
2:14 a.m.
On 10/9/2019 3:59 PM, Rob Pike wrote:
Interesting though it is, though, I find this hacking distasteful. It
was distasteful back when, and it still is. The attitudes around
hackery have changed; the position nowadays seems to be that the bad
guys are doing it so the good guys should be rewarded for doing it
first. That's disingenuous at best, and dangerous at worst.
Which is why, after a point, I asked if the results were OK to post.
TBH, I ranged far and wide in my hacking back in the early 80's. I am
proud of it on the one hand, because it exposed me to systems that I
would never have had access to. And when I found huge gaping security
holes, I usually let them know. But on the other hand, well, you've
expressed the exact sentiment. My only experience with TOPS-20 and UNIX
early on was because of that.
I never went to college. In fact, I never graduated high school. But I
was hired as a consultant to do systems programming for TOPS-10 systems
by the consulting firm that ran BOCES/LIRICS in Dix Hills, NY. I was
mentored by a great guy, Bruce Maier, and using my hacking experience, I
continue to this day to try to help both my consulting customers, and
the general public whenever I can.
I'm a white-hat kinda guy ;)
art k.