Hi, --- On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Sharad Birmiwal <[email protected]> wrote: | A black hat hacker is one who does hacking | for malicious intents, a white hat (or ethical) one is who does it | with the intent of expanding knowledge or within legal bounds. \--
The actual and real 'hacker' definition was from the 1960s as stated by RMS and ESR. There was no black or white then. Yes, the media has misused/mixed the terminology for years, and people have been following it blindly. Sad, but true. http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
