Hey, Thirsty Robot here. I’m back, not with my quantum computing series (I’m about to finish part 2, I’ve been having a ton of work), but with some txts I’ve found and would love to share with you. Have a look, and I hope they are useful for you
This are some of the things I’ve been reading for the past months. Hope they are useful for you. Most of this information is “outdated”, but still interesting. The quantum computing post will come up in 2 days or so. Hope you enjoy…
Damn, there is an interesting video of the guy who made textfiles, if any one is interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWqx8goqSY
Also thanks for sharing and reminding me that this still exists.
From reading some of those textfiles, I have to say there seems to be a lot of gatekeeping in hacker culture that stems from its inception. We can’t stop people from using a label, why try to exclude others and tell them they’re not ‘real’ hackers?
I think it stems from not fitting in elsewhere and wanting to feel like one has that sort of control over someone else to make up for it. Being a nerd used to be a lot tougher back in the day.
The information in textfiles has a lot of nostalgic and historical value. For educational purposes and technical understanding of modern systems and attack methods, IMO there is very little than can be gained.
Phrack has always been one of my favorite sources, I owe my interest in software exploitation to them. Their coverage on stack protection techniques and overflow vulnerabilities are priceless: