[closed] Question about site rules

A question about a student bypassing blocks in school was recently closed because "We don't discuss means to circumvent security."

My question is if an ethical hacker asked a question about hacking a network would the question still be closed by an admin/mod? The question would not be illegal as a company would be hiring him/her for penetration testing.

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asked Oct 29 '10 at 09:20

markd12
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closed Oct 29 '10 at 23:09

Alastor Moody ♦♦
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The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, right answer was accepted" by Alastor Moody Oct 29 '10 at 23:09

4 Answers:

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Yes, it would be closed. As stated already, we have no way of knowing if someone is truly ethical or not. Even if they are, others who are NOT so nice will use the information for bad things. :)

answered Oct 29 '10 at 22:29

Kat ♦♦
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this was very helpful as I had the same question

(Oct 30 '10 at 01:02) popman

1	I think it would still get closed. Not everyone reading the post is going to be as ethical as the person asking the question. answered Oct 29 '10 at 11:00 Liam Quade 7.4k●92●121●197 true (Oct 29 '10 at 11:02) markd12

Hacking can be ethical, in fact, the true nature of a hacker is not a harmful monster, but an avid learner. I hate to see the word "hacker" being used as demeaning.

A former student of my university is a hacker, he found a vulnerability in the 2Wire routers that ISP's gave you when hiring internet service, he told them (2Wire), they didn't listen. So he announced it in DEFCON (the first one, Pedro Joaquin). 2Wire was pissed off, but they asked him to let them know the details so it could be fixed, and now it's fixed. So hacking is very cool, and can be used for good purposes. Saying hackers are all bad persons is ignorant.

answered Oct 29 '10 at 22:24

Alekz
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No one said they're all bad. See my answer below.

(Oct 29 '10 at 22:30) Kat ♦♦

Not here, but trust me there are many people who do believe that (more than the people who believe they can be good) :(

(Oct 29 '10 at 22:52) Alekz

How can you prove to the admins and moderators that the person asking the question is as ethical as he/she claims? How can you prove is not going to be used to cause harm?

Thats why they get closed. Is not just rules is also been ethic.

answered Oct 29 '10 at 11:50

Patxi
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How can you prove he's going to do harm?

(Oct 29 '10 at 22:25) Alekz

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