Ethical Hacking

Government approves

[longen]

Need a challenge? How about a University course in computer hacking:
[timesonline.co.uk ]

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

Let's hope they get their screening process right.

[Essex_boy]

Screening process! _ what if the info they are using has been hacked by the candidates?

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

But surely they won't be able to do this until they complete the course? ;)

[bhonda]

On first glance, it seems that all the press is right on this one - 'isn't it a stupid idea to teach kids how to hack?'.

I think that this is yet another case of people being too expectant of a university course, and misunderstanding what will actually be involved.

Every year, the number of kids who apply for the 'Computer Games' course, at any uni, is pretty large, but as I witnessed in my first year at uni, the majority of people had dropped out by Christmas, because they expected to be making and playing games for 3-4 years. I think it was the term of Computer Science that killed them, or maybe the module in Algorithms, Processes and Data. They saw the title of the course, fancied the end product, and went for it, without actually looking at what the course actually covered.

I reckon that the uptake for this course will be big, but when they realise they won't actually be hacking the CIA website, instead learning the ins and outs of data transmission over the net, their enthusiasm will drop.

But what do I know, I'm just a developer!

B