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'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-09-24

A raid on the alleged author of a well-known hacker toolkit is raising eyebrows among electronic civil libertarians, and putting security researchers on guard.

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'T0rn' Arrest Alarms White Hats, Advocates 2002-09-30
Anonymous
> Can somebody explain to me how this is a bad thing?

It may be t0rn now, but in the future it could be nmap. Who is to draw the line? Do you trust them to draw it correctly?

> T0rn was not written to help you keep your site secure, it

> was designed to break into your site, hide it's track...

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