-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 09 December 2003 01:55, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ScruLoose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 5 December 2003 8:58 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ?? > > > > > > It's "cracker". Not "hacker". > > http://web.bilkent.edu.tr/Online/Jargon30/JARGON_C/CRACKER.HTM > > It's both according to OED. [snip]
There are numerous "definitions" for the word hacker, and the definition that ScruLoose objected to can be found all over the place - it even made it into renowned dictionaries, just as you said. "A person who either breaks into systems for which they have no authorization or intentionally overstep their bounds on systems for which they do have legitimate access, i.e., an unauthorized individual who attempts to penetrate information systems; to browse, steal, or modify data; deny access or service to others; or cause damage or harm in some other way." <http://www.psycom.net/iwar.2.html> A person who breaks into a computer network and tampers with the system. <http://www.sonoma.edu/it/faq/glossary.htm#h> A computer user who illegally visits networked computers to look around or cause harm. <http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/glo-2.htm> WordNet even lists "hacker" being "someone who plays golf poorly": <http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn?stage=1&word=hacker> All of the above don't really fit the sociolect of large parts of the Free Software Community. A good place to read about the concept ScruLoose was refering to is the Hacker-HOWTO by Eric S. Raymond <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html> A friend of mine came up with a good definition of the emotional aspects of hacking as "being so excitedly focused on the solution of a problem that you forget to eat, drink and pee for days". You won't find anything about that, or about the social and ethical implications in the OED. Don't believe the stupid, we know it's "crackers". - - Burkhard - -- Public key available here: <http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFD82303B> key FP 0A65 5E83 F44F 47A5 3DFC 19C5 7779 E411 FD82 303B -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1ZzPd3nkEf2CMDsRAowcAKCSxJvsWJfkB1pY/JescJOTniYcjQCgvT88 qEWgw5AOZHh2rDVyaXWXAuE= =Crrb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
