Story: Tsunami 'hacker' is innocent, say readers
Posted by: Anonymous (Monday 10 October 2005, 5:14 PM)
I often alter URLs to try to navigate badly designed websites. I'd taken it that it you send a URL to a website and it sends back a page then it's public, published information. If it comes back 'forbidden' then it's not and you don't get to see it.
This sort of thing counts as 'hacking' now?
I'm not allowed to 'ask' the website 'can I see this URL please' when I really don't know if I'm supposed to be able to or not?
Perhaps we should all get written permission to access every URL before attempting to do so.
What if you click on a link from one website to another but the link is out of date and points to a forbidden URL? Are you a criminal, or the linking website's owner or both?
How many web users have never hit a 'forbidden' page by accident? How the hell do you prove that it WAS an accident?
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Story: Tsunami 'hacker' is innocent, say readers
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What happens if someone put that URL up as a link... Anonymous -
I often alter URLs to try to navigate badly design... Anonymous -
So how do you check if a website is genuine o... Alan -
The situation has arisen due to the wordings of th... Praveen Dalal
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It is unclear to me and, no doubt, most other... Noh W Jose
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Having read this, it is even more Bolleux than I t... Steve B
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How ludicrous that an act as simple as trying... Anonymous
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If, as reported he tried the ol' /../../... Richard Pettigrew -
does that mean people think i can test their house... danny carr
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Was this hacking or just 'acking? If you go for a... Writtroam
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The ruling is unfair and I will go with the majori... Vinod Patel
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Posting a website is an invitation to enter. It i... Anonymous
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I not a security speaclist, or judge. However you... Anonymous
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This is like a house breaker accidentally set... Fujikid
