On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
I absolutely agree with what SK said. The definition, as cited, identified a hacker as a programming enthusiast (among other variations). White hat and black hat are later refinements of the class of enthusiasts. Some do it for malicious purposes, some do it for constructive purposes. SB -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
