AntiOffline Networking Group J. Oquendo Request for Comments: 31337 Department of Information Category: Informational University of Hackers January 2001 Definition of a Script Kiddiot Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) AntiOffline.com 2001. All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document describes in full illustration the definitions and associations of a script kiddiot, their actions and their role on the Internet in full gory details 1. INTRODUCTION Script kiddiots are the foundation for anarchy and recklessness on the Internet, and are often misconstrued and labeled as hackers by media types who do little to investigate the heart of a matter. Instead media often option to use the term hacker in an effort to publish what they deem news to the extent of it being nothing more than a story filled with inconsistencies, which attract visitors by the use of the popular term hacker, and remember more traffic means more advertisers to sell space to. 2. Script Kiddiot Outline 2.1 General Remarks A script kiddie is nothing more than a wasteful user of bandwidth on the Internet. Often possessing little knowledge of anything the typical script kiddiot often originates on ISP's such as America On Line where they frequent chat rooms under monickers such as xXxSoMeThInGsCaRyxXx often dropping the x's in their names as well as replacing vowels with numbers in an effort to intimidate those with lesser clues than the script kiddie. 2.2 Origination of Names Names used by typical script kiddiots will be synonomous with a typical command or function in an operating system or otherwise related once again to appeal to other script kiddiots. Properly thought names such as p1ng, and r0ut3d can define the extent of their creativity. 2.2.1 Definition of Script The term script was compounded from shell scripts of pre written programs that were created in most cases by others with true skills then submitted to security based sites. These clueless users then download these programs and use them for malicious purposes such as attacking others or defacing websites. 2.2.2 Operating Systems Typically a script kiddiot usually begins on a Windows based system and often moves along into the world of Unix almost in cases flooding web based forums and mailing lists with the same questions, "Which version of Linux is best", "Where can I get Linux", "How much is unix", "How do I set up PPP", "How can I compile a .c file." 2.3 Free Sites Script kiddiots were once limited to having websites at most of the free based web space service providers such as Geocities, Xoom, etc., but they have recently begun to register domains in an effort to gain popularity amongst each other. 2.3.1 Ages Script kiddiots are usually young adults and are most often under 20 years of age. There have been many instances of older script kiddiots we have encountered and the conclusion we can only provide is that these persons are almost always lonely persons in search of attention and or friends. They may also be outcasts in their workplace or social environments and can almost always be seen hanging around the younger kiddiots as they are given the attention they crave. 2.3.1.1 Defacements Defacements are almost 99% of the times assinine, and make no relevant sense to anyone aside from the Script Kiddiot in their own mind. Excuses will often be used by Script Kiddiots such as some form of political motivation but the underlying factor is almost always the same, the Script Kiddiot is solely defacing a website in an effort to brag to other Script Kiddiots. Script Kiddiots have defaced websites for reasons so inhumanly retarded such as declaring the love for some other teenage girl or boy in once again an effort to prove to another moron of some sort of elite status amongst one another. 2.3.2 Denials of Service Attacks Denials of Service attacks almost always occur for the same reasons, the need for an outcast to feel some form of power or belonging in the Script Kiddiot community. Mafiaboy was one example of a script kiddiot and although he pleaded guilty to charges, we highly doubt he was alone in his actions. Denials of Service attacks can range from annoying spam which can use up all the resources on your mail servers, to flooding messages on a webserver's forum which again can use up resources causing the server to crash, to a script kiddiot sending bad packet data to a target in an effort to halt the target from sending or receiving information. Denials of Sevice attacks often make Script Kiddiots feel as if they actually have any sort of skills when the fact remians that the Script Kiddiots are one of the lowest form of scum on the Internet. 3. Authority Figures Script Kiddiots normally attempt to make their actions stealth in efforts to masquerade their incompetence although they can can be seen immediately. Most are in groups which consists of a selected person to act as the head of the group. We have noticed that most of the heads of these groups are almost always less knowledgeable than the emerging Script Kiddiot members. The leader most likely will promote him(her)self as knowledgeable by always having their browser opened on a search engine page so when questioned they can quickly find answers. Most leaders will also shout profanities attempting to belittle the other members of the group in hopes of retaining some form of order and respect from others. These leaders are lesser than the previous mention of the word scum 4. Law Enforcement and Media Law enforcement and media do little to assist the situation most of the times, and sometimes instigate Script Kiddiots to perform some of the actions the Script Kiddiots do. This can be assessed from all of the misreported stories claiming the Internet was going to suffer a major Script Kiddie attack towards the ending of the year 2000. No attacks occurred whatsoever and officials had declared they had evidence months before the holiday season. Reasoning should point out that most of these agencies are under funded and often attempt to raise their budgets by overstating events and pointing out Script Kiddiots as their burdens. Law enforcement officials are sometimes very well underdeveloped in the technology field often making some of the biggest mistakes someone with experience would not overlook. Media will print and or post almost the most inconsistent information in regards to security and are quick to call a Script Kiddiot a hacker when the fact remains a Script Kiddiot is always a Script Kiddiot and nothing more. 5. Research Research on Script Kiddiots is often difficult should you care to browse all of the free pages on servers worldwide. We suggest doing a quick search on google for words such as "31337" and "Hacking" The biggest website for Script Kiddiots can be viewed by going to http://www.cyberarmy.com/wwwboard/ and browsing some of the Internet's stupidest Script Kiddiots in all their glory. Security Considerations The focus of this document is security; hence security considerations permeate this memo. Author's Information J. Oquendo Department of Information AntiOffline Networks EMail: sil@lamur.net sil@speedygrl.com sil@disgraced.org sil@siliconinc.net sil@deficiency.org sil@antioffline.com sil@scriptkiddiot.com Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) J. 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