From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 2 7:21: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from f1node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de [131.220.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FA3137B6B7 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:20:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de) Received: from moritz.alleswirdgelber (ascend-tk-p236.dialin.uni-bonn.de [131.220.244.236]) by f1node03.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA473216; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:19:32 +0200 Received: from localhost (uzs106@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moritz.alleswirdgelber (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id PAA00343; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:41:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from uzs106@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:41:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Heiko Recktenwald X-Sender: uzs106@moritz.alleswirdgelber To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joel_Bj=F6rk?= Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hacker vs Cracker was In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Divide et impera... On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Joel Bj=F6rk wrote: >=20 >=20 > hacker : someone "geeky" that do it to learn and experiment but=20 > without damaging. > cracker: the same but with the plain intention to damage, destroy, etc. >=20 > A cracker is also a person that is producing "warez" ie illegal=20 > versions of software. The term hack can also be used to describe=20 > a "temporary fix" to a program or a small program/script that=20 > does the job but not necesseraly in a good way. >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message