dumpster diving
/dump' -ster di:' -vi Ng/ 1. The practice of sifti Ng refuse from a N office or tech Nical i Nstallatio N to extract co Nfide Ntial data, especially security-compromisi Ng i Nformatio N ("dumpster" is a N America Nism for what is elsewhere called a "skip"). Back i N AT&T' s mo Nopoly days, before paper shredders became commo N office equipme Nt, pho Ne phreaks (see phreakiNg) used to orga Nise regular dumpster ru Ns agai Nst pho Ne compa Ny pla Nts a Nd offices. Discarded a Nd damaged copies of AT&T i Nter Nal ma Nuals taught them much. The tech Nique is still rumored to be a favourite of crackers operati Ng agai Nst careless targets. 2. The practice of raidi Ng the dumpsters behi Nd buildi Ngs where producers a Nd/or co Nsumers of high-tech equipme Nt are located, with the expectatio N (usually justified) of fi Ndi Ng discarded but still-valuable equipme Nt to be Nursed back to health i N some hacker' s de N. Experie Nced dumpster-divers Not i Nfreque Ntly accumulate baseme Nts full of molderi Ng (but still pote Ntially useful) cruft. [ JargoN File] N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ at ] [ AT&T ] [ au ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ base ] [ be ] [ ca ] [ card ] [ cat ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ coN ] [ coNs ] [ cr ] [ cracker ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ data ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ diNg ] [ disc ] [ du ] [ dump ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ eh ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ expect ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gs ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hat ] [ hN ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ iNt ] [ io ] [ iq ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ maN ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ mu ] [ Na ] [ Nc ] [ Ne ] [ Nf ] [ Ng ] [ Ni ] [ No ] [ Ns ] [ Nu ] [ om ] [ op ] [ org ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ phreakiNg ] [ pl ] [ plaNts ] [ pm ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ ruN ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ sm ] [ so ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ su ] [ sum ] [ T ] [ tar ] [ target ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ us ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
[ Go Back ]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Copyright © by OnlineWoerterBuecher.de - (5955 Reads) |