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Protecting Your Network From Script Kiddies: Essential Defense Techniques

Calendar Sep 20, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Knock, knock. Who's there? Script kiddie. Script kiddie ... who? Unfortunately, script kiddies are no joke. The term "script kiddie" is what network people call hackers who run scripts to challenge your network security. They believe that most of these hackers . . . Knock, knock. Who's there? Script kiddie. Script kiddie ... who? Unfortunately, script kiddies are no joke. The term "script kiddie" is what network people call hackers who run scripts to challenge your network security. They believe that most of these hackers are young people (kids) who have either written a script or downloaded one off the Net.

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