[ILUG] Coloured hats.

[Justin MacCarthy]

I think its time to mourn the loss of the word "Hacker" to the general
understanding of a "Hacker" is I.E. someone who breaks into computers
WarGames style...


Justin






-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
Paul Jakma
Sent: 23 April 2004 14:57
To: Colm Buckley
Cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Coloured hats.


On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Colm Buckley wrote:

> Black hat = malicious hacker.  Someone who breaks into a system to cause
> damage or for personal gain.

hackers dont break into systems. crackers do.

> White hat = benevolent hacker.  Someone who breaks into a system to
> demonstrate its vulnerabilities, and help fixing them.

ditto.

hackers hack on lots of stuff, not just security related things.

>        Colm

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