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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBlocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt’s called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox
minus-squaretourist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIs this like getting banned from an escape room because you brought (and used) a live grenade to solve the puzzle (I think they have a strict no-grenades-from-home policy, usually)
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIf a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.
minus-squaresuction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoGetting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoNah, hackthebox and many other red team simulation type sites have strict rules of engagement. You’re there to solve a puzzle as defined by hackthebox, not get around the puzzle by hacking hackthebox.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThat’s not very “Kobayashi Maru” of them.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI mean that just means you didn’t hack them well enough.
Blocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.
It’s called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox
Is this like getting banned from an escape room because you brought (and used) a live grenade to solve the puzzle
(I think they have a strict no-grenades-from-home policy, usually)
If a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.
Getting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?
Nah, hackthebox and many other red team simulation type sites have strict rules of engagement. You’re there to solve a puzzle as defined by hackthebox, not get around the puzzle by hacking hackthebox.
That’s not very “Kobayashi Maru” of them.
I mean that just means you didn’t hack them well enough.