On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Arvind S Raj <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 22:20 -0400, Sharad Birmiwal wrote: >> > > what is a white hat hacker - sounds like another distortion. I think >> > you >> > > mean white hat cracker. >> > >> > I really don't quote wikipedia as a reliable source but this is what >> > it have to say about it. >> >> don't quote wikipedia in this context. There are hackers and there are >> crackers. Hackers are good guys (meaning they wear white hats) and >> crackers are bad guys (black hats). If you talk about white hat hackers >> that implies that most hackers are black hat guys. This is wrong. In >> fact you are echoing ankit fadia. > > > Well there are two types of people right? Black hat hackers/crackers is > often interchangeably used. And just because somebody talks about white hat, > how does it make most hackers black hat? I just don't get it! > > -- > Arvind S Raj > > All this hacker hype and c**p is due to Hollywood movies and wannabes like Ankit Fadia are seriously ruining true hacker culture. And many people don't know the difference between hacker and a cracker.... Go on and click on the link given by Mohit and enlighten yourself! This is the best article on Ankit Fadia's truth that I have ever read! http://www.ankurb.info/2007/12/05/ankit-fadia-certified-ethical-idiot/ from Karan Pratap Singh PULUG, Chandigarh IRC nick: kps_foo -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
