From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 28 7: 8: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from fling.sanbi.ac.za (fling.sanbi.ac.za [196.38.142.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1570C37B43E; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:07:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from johann by fling.sanbi.ac.za with local (Exim 3.13 #4) id 13TPZc-0000aC-00; Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:07:40 +0200 Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:07:40 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Ben Smithurst Cc: Rahul Siddharthan , doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hacker v/s cracker Message-ID: <20000828160740.C56078@fling.sanbi.ac.za> References: <20000813201719.A4355@physics.iisc.ernet.in> <20000813173219.X48327@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000813173219.X48327@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 05:32:19PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ben Smithurst on 2000-08-13 (Sun) at 17:32:19 +0100: > > It certainly isn't. I'll change that to "attackers" unless anyone > objects, since that's used a lot elsewhere in the security section and > in the security(7) man page. "Intruder" is also user a lot, but I think > "attacker" sounds more appropriate. In Garfinkel & Spafford's _Practical Unix and Internet Security_ the term "attacker" is used to denote someone who is trying to gain entry to your system / network, i.e. someone who is "knocking on the door", whereas "intruder" is used for someone who has already gained entry and is now doing damage on the inside. A good distinction, I thought, and one which neatly sidesteps the silly hacker / cracker thing. -- Johann To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message