> Just found this in the Anna University web site. I was surprised to > find that there is an elective paper titled "Ethical Hacking& > Forensics" and that the recommended book is by Ankit Fadia. I think > this says a lot about the quality of the course itself.. > > http://cs.annauniv.edu/academic/mecse2009.html > > The term "Ethical Hacking" is IMO not a good term : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_definition_controversy >
I agree. This is a computer security course and the term "Hacking" is just purely misleading even though it might be attractive to the college students. There should have been a section on History such as the one here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_computer_security_hacker_history IMO, Without understanding the history, It will be hard to understand the purpose of various things in the course. To me, the course seems like an introduction to various terminologies around computer security. I doubt that at the end of the course, any student will be able to crack or secure anything. Just my 2 cents. -- 0 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
