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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down18·3 days agoBlocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoIf a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up93·3 days 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-up26arrow-down2·3 days agoThat’s not very “Kobayashi Maru” of them.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoI mean that just means you didn’t hack them well enough.
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 days agoIt’s called hackthebox not hackoutofthebox
minus-squaretourist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days 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-squaresuction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·2 days agoGetting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?
Blocking someone from a hacking game because they tried to hack it is basically admitting defeat.
If a real world pentester tries to hack something out of scope, they also get banned. From society. To a prison cell.
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.
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)
Getting caught means the hacker won? Are you a r?