I HOPE THIS GLOSSARY HELPS YOU,ITS A PART OF THE LEGENDARY HACKER'S BOOK.WE All HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,WHAT HACKER'S ARE ABLE TO,TO MAKE THE WORLD MORE SAFE....
HACKER'S GLOSSARY
0-DAY-WAREZ
THIS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED ON THE SERVER FOR DOWNLOADING ON THE SAME DAY.{HACKING OCCURS MOSTLY ON THE SAME DAY}
ANONYMIZER
LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT A USER CAN BE FOUND OUT ONCE THE USER VISITS A PAGE ON THE WEB,AMONG THESE ARE BROWSERS,SYSTEM,PROVIDER,THE IP NUMBER..ETC,THE ANONYMIZER FILTERS OFF SUCH INFORMATION AND INSERT OTHER INFORMATION INSTEAD,ONES PRESENCE IN THE INTERNET REMAINS ANONYMOUS.
APPZ
THIS IS A EXPRESSION ON THE WAREZ PAGES FOR STANDARD APPLICATIONS
ARP
ADDRESS RESOULUTION PROTOCOL-AN IP ADDRESS IS LOCATED TO A NETWORK THAT IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT eg:EHTERNET,EVERY ETHERNET CARD HAS A UNIQUE ARP ADDRESS{if it isn't faked}.THE ARP USESES THIS ADDRESS TO MAP AN IP TO A EHTHERNET INTERFACE.
ATTACHMENT
THIS IS USUALLY SENT AS A PART OF AN EMAIL
AUTHENTICATION
THE IDENTITY OF THE SERVER OR A USER IS CHECKED DURING A AUTHENTICATION
BACKDOOR
THESE HAVE BEEN BUILT BY THE PROGRAMMERS THAT TEST PROGRAMS,WHICH MAKES IT UNNECESARRY TO GIVE IN PASSWORDS ALL THE TIME.
COOKIES
TEXTDATA STORE BY A SERVER ABOUT A CLIENT,USED E.G BY WAREZ HOUSES TO STORE INFORMATION ON THE SHOPPING CART.GENERALLY SAFE AND 99% USEFUL FOR A ENJOYABLE SURFING.
COURIER
THESE ARE MEMBERS OF HACKERS CLUBS OR WAREZ PAGES WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BRING HACKED SOFTWARES INTO ROTATION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.THIS OCCURS OVER A FAST INTERNET CONNECTION OR BY SENDING THE SOFTWARE IN FORM OF RE-WRITTEN CDs.
CRACKING
THIS IS A BREAKING OF SECURITY MEASURES IN SOFTWARES OR THE BREAKING INTO COMPUTER SYSTEMS.INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO HACK PROGRAMMES ARE OFTEN FOUND ON A HACKERS WEB PAGES.
DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK
THIS IS A KIND OF ATTACK AIMS AT BRINGING DOWN OR BLOCKING A PARTICULAR SERVICE OR A COMPUTER
DNS
DOMAIN NAMING SERVICE,A SYSTEM THAT CHANGES THE DOMAIN INTO AN IP ADDRESS LIKE 123.231.123.321,THROUGH A DATA BANK.
ELITE
A USER OF LATEST SOFTWARES,OPPOSITE OF LAMER.
FIREWALL
THIS IS A PLACE BEFORE A SERVER AND WATCHES ON ALL THE DATA TRANSFERS TOO AND FROM THE SERVER,IT IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE TO BLOCK CERTAIN INTERNET ADDRESSS AND TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE SERVER ONLY TO PARTICULAR PERSONS.
HACKER
HACKER ENJOY RE-WRITING PROGRAMS.THEIR AIM IS TO CONTINOUSLY GET BETTER AND TO UNDERSTAND RELATIONS THAT ARE NOT EASYILY IDENTIFIED,HACKERS ARE VERY SENSITIVE ESPICALLY IF THEIR WORK IS ENTIRELY CONJUCATED WITH ILLEAGLE ACTION.THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS ELITE.
ICMP
INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL,PART OF INTERNET PROTOCOL,IP NOTIFIES THE SENDER OF A MESSAGE WHENEVER THERE IS A DELIVERY PROBLEM.
IGMP
INTERNET GROUP MESSAGE PROTOCOL,PART OF AN INTERNET PROTOCOL,INTERNET ADDRESS ARE COMPLIED INTO GROUP AND THIS ENABLE SERVICES LIKE IP-MULTICAST e.g video broadcast.
INCOMMING FOLDER
THIS IS A FOLDER ON THE FTP SERVER IN WHICH ANYONE HAS ACCESS TO READ OR WRITE.THEY ARE MOSTLY FOUND ON THE UNIVERSITY SERVERS AND ARE OFTEN MISUSED BY HACKERS TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR ILLEAGLE PRIATE COPIES.
LAMER
A LAMER IS UNDERSTOOD WITHIN THE WAREZ SCENES AS ONE WHO USES AND SEND OLD WAREZ.OLD MAY MEAN OLDER THAN THREE TO FIVE DAYS.LAMERS USUALLY LOAD SHAREWARES ON WAREZ-FTP TO AVOID RATES.
LARVAL STAGE
THIS IS A TERM USED BY THE HACKERS TO DEFINE A PHASE IN WHICH NOTHIN BUT RE-WRITING PROGRAMS ARE DONE.THIS TERM IS ESPECIALLY USED IN FILMS.
LEECHER
THESE ARE THE USER WHO TAKE ADVANTAGES OF WAREZ WITHOUT MAKING ANY INPUT,ONE WHOES DOWNLOADS ARE MORE THAN UPLOADS IS REFFERED TO AS A LEECHER.THEY ARE NOT THAT POPULAR WITHIN THE SCENES,BECAUSE THEY SLOW DOWN THE DISTRIBUTION OF WAREZ.
NETBIOS
NETWORK BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM,WAS DEVELOPED BY IBM AND TAKEN OVER BY MICROSOFT,SERVES THE PURPOSE OF EXCHANGING THE DATA IN LAN,DOES NOT HAVE ANY ROUTING FUNCTION.
PHREAKING
THIS IS MEDDLING WITH TELEPHONE SYSTEMS AND CREDIT CARDS.IT MAKES CALLLING AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS OR FOR FREE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS PLACING ORDERS.
PLUGIN
THIS IS A SMALL ADDITIONAL PROGRAM THAT ENABLES BROADENING THE PROGRAMS FUNCTION.
PORT SCANNERS
SCANS FOR ALL THE 65535 PORTS ON THE IP.THE PORTS ARE USED TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SERVERS OR SERVER CLIENTS.THEY CHECK ON WHICH PORT IS FREEE OR WHICH ONE IS OCCUPIED BY THE SERVER.EVERY SERVICE HAS ITS OWNPORT.
PROXY
COMPUTER WHICH IS USED TO GO OVER TO THE INTERNET.THE DATA IS SENT FROM CLIENT TO THE PROXY,THE PROXY SEND TO THE SERVER BACK TO THE PROXY,WHERE THE PROXY SENDS REPLY TO THE CLIENT,IT CAN BE USED TO HIDE THE IP OF THE CLIENT.
RATE{RATIO}
A SPECIAL RATE IS REQUIRED DURING A DOWNLOAD ON FTP,THAT MEAN WHEN ONE IS DOWNLOADING A 5MB PROGRAM,HE WILL HAVE TO UPLOAD AN 3MB PROGRAM ON THE SERVER,GIVING A RATIO OF 5:3,THIS ENSURES THAT THE NEW PROGRAM ARE ALWAYS KEPT IN CIRCULATION.
REMAILER
USING THIS ONE CAN SEND AN ANONYMOUS EMAILS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY PROVIDER IDENTITY.
REQUEST
SOME CRACKER OFFERS A REQUEST FOLDER ON THEIR FTP SERVERS.THIS SOFTWARE BEING SORT FOR CAN BE ENTERED HERE AND AFTER A SHORT WHILE SOMEONE HAS ITS UPLOAD.
SNIFFING
TRYING DATA,ONE WOULD NORMALLY SEARCH FOR PASSWORDS,ETC.IN DATA PACKS THAT ARE UPLOADED BY UNCERTAIN ROUTERS,SNIFFING IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN LAN,FROM WHICH I STARTED TO AS A NEWBIE HACKER :},
SNIFFERS EVAESDROPS THE ENTIRE DATA TRANSFER THAT RUNS OVER THE CONNECTED NETWORK CARD,PARTICULARY PASSWORDS CAN BE FILTERED IN THIS WAY.
SPOOFING
FALSIFYING IP AND EMAIL ADDRESS,NAME SERVER{DNS}HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR,THIS IS FALSIFICATION OF THE IP PACK SENDER{IP SPOOFING},AN INTERNET NAME CAN ALSO BE SPOOFED AND THEN IS CALLED DNS SPOOFING.IF A COMPLETE INTERNET AREA IS DIVERTED THORUGH A SEPERATE COMPUTER,THE TERM WEB SPOOFIN IS USED.
SPYWARE
SOME PROVIDERS PAY FOR SURFING TRANSFER DATA IN BACKGROUND THAT ENABLE THE COMPILE PROFILES ON THE USER{ESPICALLY FOUND ON PORN PAGES}
SSL
A SAFE CONNECTION IN THE INTERNET IS ACHIEVED USING AN SSL PROTOCOL,ALL DATA IS TRANSFERED IN A CODED FORM,MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HACKERS TO EVAESDROP ON SUCH DATA,NETSCAPE DEVELOPES SSL
ITS ADDRESS BEGINS WITH HTTPS:// NOT HTTP://
UDP
USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL,ISN'T CONNECTION ORITENTED LIKE TCP,THAT THE DATA PACK CERTAINLY REACH THE RECIEVER,UDP SEND THE DATASTREAM WIHTOUT INTEREPTION EVEN IF SOME PACKETS DIDNT RECIEV THE RECIEVER ESENTIAL FOR VIDEO BROADCAST,INTERNET TELEPHONE E.T.C.
WAREZ
THESE ARE CRACKED COMPLETE VERSIONS OF COMMERCIAL OR SHAREWARE PROGRAMS,IF SOFTWARE HAS COPY PROTECTION,IT IS DISCARDED OFF AND THE SOFTWARE IS MADE AVAILABLE ON SO CALLED WAREZ PAGES.
WAREZ DOODz
THERE ARE DIFFRENT GROUPS COMPETETING HERE,THEY PUT UP SOFTWARE IN THE INTERNET,AFTER DISCARDING OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION,THE GROUPS PUTS UP THE MOST PROGRAMS FAST.WINS.
ZOMBIES
THESE ARE COMPUTERS IN THE INTERNET THAT A HACKER USES TO INITIALISE HIS ATTACKS.THE OWNER OF THE COMPUTER HAS NO IDEA OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.IT IS ESPICIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS DURING DOS ATTACKS.THE PARALEL USE OF DIFFERENT ZOMBIES DURING AN ATTACK ENABLES OVERWHELMING ATTACKS THAT ARE ALL SIMILAR IN CONTENT.