On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:22:40 -0000, "Sholes, Joshua" said: > If one came up in this field with a mentor who was old school, or if one > is old school oneself, one tends use the original (as I understand it) > definitions--a "cracker" breaks security or obtains data unlawfully, a > "hacker" is someone who likes ethically playing (in the "joyful > exploration" sense) with complicated systems.
For the old-schoolers, a "cracker" would violate the CFAA to get into a system. A hacker would produce a long list of ways to get in without violating the CFAA. Unfortunately, we no longer have a well-established word for the latter class of people.
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