02-18-2004, 10:39 PM
Usufruct,Feb 18 2004, 01:05 PM Wrote:Seriously though, the people who write scripts like 'maphack' and other such third party programs, are not hackers. Admittedly there is a small amount of clever programming involved, but on the whole these scripters give 'hacking' (the pursuit of information) a bad name.What I know of, script's have to be used as plug-in's with 3rd party programs, such as the configuration files in: D2JSP, Mahpack, D2HackIt, D2Loader Plug-In's, or even as MOD's (such as Vanilla D2). The actual (third party) program is an entirely different matter. Most of the "script kiddies" I know use a Packet Sniffer (designed by a hacker) as a plug-in program for use with the program D2HackIt (also designed by a hacker). They then write "script" exploiting certain packets within the Diablo game and go public with these scripts causing misery for all us legit players.
Also, the person who developed the Matrix Hack is by far no "script kiddy", yet he still gives Diablo a bad name for having the hack leaked publicly! Because of him, 6-socket ITH swords where everywhere for over a year until finally 1.1 came to the light. You make is sound as if "hackers" do not give what they do a bad name, but only "script kiddies". I don't agree with this! While the pursuit of information is admirable, taking care of potentially game-altering information is just as much a responsibility. I hold hackers in the same regards as script kiddies.
Basically what I'm trying to say here is that I feel you have no idea what the hell you are talking about by calling some of the "hackers/programmers" out there "script kiddies". Next you'll be telling me BnetD was made by "script kiddies".
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