Thursday, October 4, 2007

ManTech 07 - Hijacking for Improvement

Hijacking websites, is it entirely wrong? If you'll ask me, it depends on the person doing it and what is his/her purpose in doing so. For me, this is like our discussion in class about computer viruses. I heard that some software engineers who are working on an Anti-Virus Company are developing Viruses to penetrate their current Anti-Virus Application. Why are they doing that? Their purpose is to further improve their Software. It's better for them themselves to study, break the limits of their software and improve their system than other the computer viruses itself.

For me, that's a good thing. In Hacking or Hijacking websites, I think it can too be applied. A web developer tries to secure a website and he has an acquaintance trying to hack into his security features and gain control of the entire contents of the website. Again, better his acquaintance rather than a hacker. There is really no way that a computer software or a site can be 100% totally secured. One way or the other, computer viruses and people will overcome your security features. So it's best to be updated to anticipate any security threats and atatcks. People involved in web security need to be flexible to safegurad their system in the best way they can.

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