Found 1 hit - Term: script kiddies, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
script kiddies pl.n. 1. very common the lowest form of cracker;
script kiddies do mischief with scripts and programs written by others,
often without understanding the exploit they are using. used of people
with limited technical expertise using easy-to-operate, pre-configured,
and/or automated tools to conduct disruptive activities against
networked systems. since most of these tools are fairly well-known by
the security community, the adverse impact of such actions is usually
minimal. 2. people who cannot program, but who create tacky html pages
by copying javascript routines from other tacky html pages. more
generally, a script kiddie writes or more likely cuts and pastes code
without either having or desiring to have a mental model of what the
code does; someone who thinks of code as magical incantations and asks
only "what do i need to type to make this happen?"
see also:
cracker exploit
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