Lets not get into defining Hacking/Cracking. Of course it may be offensive to old hackers that script-kiddies of today are referred to as hackers. But, I think this discussion should be left to them.
On Feb 24, 4:51 pm, Ishwor Gurung <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amit, > > On 23 February 2010 02:46, AmitAg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for your info. > > > I did not know. Actually as per government of Nepal, the term ' > > Hacking' is and illegal. and so We put is as Anti- Hacking. Its > > bascially Vulnerability Test. FOSS nepal group is a part of Organizing > > Committe of Technomania 2010. > > > Please guide us in future also. > > Thanking you. > > I am not associated with FOSS Nepal in any administrative/evangelical > purpose; I am just a member and mailing list subscriber. However, I do > want to point out about what you had to say. I prefer opensource > programming over a closed one. Having said that, I agree with Shakthi > Kannan in that the term "Hacking" is referred to as an art, a passion > for developing code. "Cracking" is probably the derogatory term you're > after. > > Although penetration testers today are referred to as hacker, the term > has only recently seen an upsurge (late 80's to today think). Prior to > that or around that period, hacking was considered part of a software > development skill which mere mortals would have to work hard to attend > to. It's connotation is still widely prevalent in commercial software > development and OSS circle around the world and using such word to > mean "cracking" has negative connotation towards what they do. Though > there's a catch - sometimes, they mean entirely different thing for > e.g., a "hackjob" - a quick and dirty solution to a problem etc. ;-) > > -- > Regards > Ishwor Gurung > Key id:0xa98db35e > Key fingerprint:FBEF 0D69 6DE1 C72B A5A8 35FE 5A9B F3BB 4E5E 17B5 -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
