[Moderator: We can debate this forever.. so a couple more replies and we
will move on.]
Reply From: Mysidia <jmhess@i-55.com>
> Reply From: "Simon Johnson" <simon@magnet.com.au>
> Hello Everyone,
> has no idea what they are talking about. For the benefit of the world here
> are my definitions. I'm sure most of you will agree:
> 1. A hacker is a person who attempts to, or gains unauthorised access to a
> computer system.
Uh..., that act is hacking; however, it's not the only
thing that's hacking: the act of hacking is simply defeating security
systems/protections inplace. The term `hacking` is also used by
programmers to refer to tweaking the source code to a program so that it will
work/compile as desired; furthermore, by no means does hacking imply
unauthorized access, but it still could be unauthorized access in which
case the person is just a corrupt/evil hacker, which IMHO classes them as a
`lamer`/ `luser`, a term which you didn't list <G>.
> 2. A cracker is a person who breaks copyright protection on software.
nearly completely true, but the name `cracker` can be assigned
to someone attempting to violate the security integrity of any
program/machine using known methods.. hackers and crackers are similar and
in the past, i've seen the two names used interchangeably (though that
might be incorrect)...
> 3. Warez kiddies or warez traders are people who copy pirated software.
you -can- call them this, but I rather know of them as 'pirates'
as 'warez' itself is part of a word mutilated to suit the "warez traders"...<g>
> 5. A Phreaker is a person who manipulates the telephone or telephone system to gain free telephone calls.
good enough:)
> In the last 2-3 years we have seen:
> 6. Tools kiddies are people who use automated tools to hack. (eg: Internet
> Scanners, port scanners etc.. )
> 7. DOS Kiddies are similar to Tools kiddies but use automated tools to
> conduct Denial of Service attacks on others. (Usually on IRC).
> As far as I am concerned this whole thing is black and white, there are no
> in-betweens. A cracker and a hacker are two different things! Anyone who
> makes up new names like "Spider", "White Hacker", "Phracker", "Warez Doodz"
well... those terms have been come up by people on this internet
network; whose to say others can't coin terms they think are needed...? *evilgrin*
-- Mysidia
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Received on Tue Jun 2 10:54:34 1998