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Hackers: Out with the new, in with the old?

A wave of criticism has risen in the aftermath of the recent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on Yahoo!, Ebay and other e-commerce sites. But the criticism isn't coming from a blue-ribbon panel at the White House, it's coming from fellow hackers. According to this article, old-school hackers (i.e., anyone hacking before the first Web browser Mosaic came online), are not impressed with the recent attacks. A hacker from way back called "Gramps" disses the recent DoS onslaughts as uncreative and pointless: "We all knew this could be done, so what was gained? The kids who did this are nothing more than mosquitoes--annoying little ankle biters." Is Gramps right, or does he need to hang up his keyboard? Read the whole story at Wired online.

Thu, 02 Mar 2000 02:50:28 -0800