From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 2 10:49:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.aracnet.com (mail2.aracnet.com [216.99.193.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8699837BA9A for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:49:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@aracnet.com) Received: from shell1.aracnet.com (shell1.aracnet.com [216.99.193.21]) by mail2.aracnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA10705; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:51:49 -0700 Received: by shell1.aracnet.com (8.9.3) id KAA07010; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:50:59 -0700 Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:50:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell To: Bob Collins Cc: freebsd newbies Subject: Re: Hacker vs Cracker was In-Reply-To: <3937A420.13BB2AC9@bellsouth.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > that if it's a "common hack" with less than $50,000 damage, they're not > > What is the difference between a hacker and a cracker? > I see the terms used so loosely, does anyone really know? k Historically hackers were those who of course hacked into a system or wherever. The Term Cracker was used to decribe those hackers who did it to hurt some one or for personal gain. Hackers pretty much did it to prove or see if they could. It's fine line but in their minds it's a big differance between moralities Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message