On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Krishnakant <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 17:53 +0530, vamsi vidya sagar wrote:
> > Krishna ... spking of Hacking .. i m a newbie here.. can u give me some
> nice
> > / safe hacking forums / sites to kick start with .. :) :)
> > - Vam'C
> >
> I will dig out some good resources including an article by RMS on the
> topic and send it to you off the list.
> But just one fundamental point to remember is hacking is *never* unsafe.
> If it is unsafe then it is "cracking " and not "hacking".
>
> hacking is an art to inovate a solution for a problem under constrained
> environment.
>

But exactly the reverse is what Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
teaches in the subject of "Management Information and Control Systems" which
is a separate 100 marks paper in our CA syllabus.
This is what they asked us in the exam this time-
"List the main threats from hacking"
And I was supposed to criticise hacking or else stand to loose 4 marks!


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