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Source: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.os.linux.development.system/2006−04/msg00032.html
Dear All,
The very first thing by which I was offended badly was using the sacred
word "Hacking" to demonstrate something we, the hackers, call cracking.
The seminar topic was "Ethical Hacking", now I want to ask Mr Fadia,
what is unethical about hacking ? Hacking is very positive word and
there in no need to put "Ethical" before it. By the way his seminar
topic should be "Ethical Cracking".
The people who can not differentiate between hacking and cracking,
should read an article by the GOD of hackers Richad M Stallman (RMS),
the man who started GNU movement all by himself. The gcc (compiler),
gdb (debugger), emacs (editor) are some of the most popular softwares
in the world written by him. Please read the article here :
http://www.outpost9.com/reference/jargon/jargon_69.html
Second most annoying thing was that he calls himself a "hacker" and was
using a Windows XP operating system ????
I have been in to computers for the past 10 years and I never come
across any real hacker who uses Windows. I met Brian(Apache creator),
Andy Cleen, Alon cox, Rusty (all networking gods), RMS (the GOD
himself) but all of them were using some or other form of Unix or
Linux.
He only once mentioned Linux, just to tell how you can use it's live CD
to boot a Windows machine and cracke the password.
Actually, before attending the seminar, I Googled a lot about Fadia and
his work. But what I could find was self acclaiming statement by Fadia
about himself and his future and just crap, crap and crap by technology
illiterate Indian news papers' reports.
authors.)
Any originality in his tutes or books = 0
(Hahahahahahaha)
Skill level of Fadia = Only God knows
!!!
I tried to read a few books by him, but to my wonder some part of his
books are nothing but simple "copy and paste" material from well known
sites for Windows registry editing. Please visit www.winguides.com and
compare the material with his first book. Oh God ! this is the clear
violation of intellectual property rights of the website. Please inform
the webmaster. I have done it already.
Unfortunately, question and answer round was cut from the seminar,
that's also because of Fadia arrived there one hour late. Well, that's
India's celebrity style statement. Otherwise, I would have asked all
these questions to him there only.
Anyways, I went to him at the end of the seminar, and asked if Windows
is so vulnerable, can he suggest audience to use Linux rather than
Windows. And the reply came was straight "NO". What a shame ???
I understood the reason, why he said no. The reason is same why
Microsoft does not patch up it's OS. Plain economics. If you make
system secure with Linux who is going to ask for people like Fadia, so
called "security expert" ???
I want to make an appeal to all of you, please make all of your friends
aware of these facts. Let one should not get undeserved advantage. I
also want to appeal news papers, please do not make a hero out of
nothing. Stop polluting the honest media by prejudiced reports.
And at the end I want to tell Mr Fadia, that I don't have any personal
problem with you or your achievements, but please behave properly in
hacking community. We hackers are very positive people we never ever
And for god sake, stop behaving like a child, now you are in college,
so GROW UP !!!