From: Gadi Evron (gelinuxbox.org)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2005 - 19:32:27 CST

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Isaac Dawson wrote:
> *groan*, oh come on Dave making it a little tooooooo easy aren't you?
> I just invision a four year old with one of those toys where you have
> to put the square in the square hole, the sphere in the circle hole,
> and the polygon in the polygon hole. I dunno personally if I wanted to
> learn about exploitation I would really learn it! Just my thoughts,
> but on the other hand it is such a friggen cool idea I can see why
> you'd want to make it. (That and it will take a lot of the beginner
> pain away). Although I'm some what disgusted with the idea, I'm also
> very intrigued. Guess I'll wait and see :).
> -Isaac

I don't know, not so long ago, you needed to know ASM to code. Most
coders today don't know what ASM is.

7 years ago, most of the world would be awed by exploitation done by
most people today.

7 years from now, ring0 would not be such a...

There are always new things to challenge and replace the old. Look at it
as a way to move from R&D to mass production while progressing to more
interesting things.

Holding on to the past just to preserve the fun times and/or status is
silly.

But yes, I see your point.

It might surprise you if it ever happens;
1. There won't be a stage were kiddies will actually code, even like this.
2. People may actually begin there and learn ASM as they go.

It could be a Good Thing.

        Gadi.
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