On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:28 PM, sivakumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 10:36 +0200, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > > Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant of Sophos, has responded to > my > > blog asking not to use word hackers for criminals. What is your opinion? > > IMO, the right word is cracker. > > Checkout http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1392.html > > <snip> > > hacker > A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the > internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in > particular. The term is often misused in a pejorative context, > where "cracker" would be the correct term. See also: cracker. > > </snip> > > ++1 > -- Parin Sharma http://twitter.com/FOSSmaniac _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
