On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:53:17 -0600 Philip Stortz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Late-R wrote:
> >
> > The reference to a "Cracker" getting access to your Mac is the wrong
> > terminology. A "Hacker" is the person trying to gain access to a
> system. A
>
> i believe cracker generally also refers to uninvited intruders
> (basically, any illegit "hacking"), where as their is perfectly legit
> hacking going on, i.e. the clever hack of the apple cd rom driver to
> work with most drives, which is not illegal
the terminology has drifted over the years. since i was there, i'll attempt
to explain what has happened.
originally, years ago, an unwelcome electronic intruder was a Cracker.
a Hack was originally a clever stunt pulled on a campus like MIT or
Caltech, and the person pulling the clever stunt was a Hacker (things like
placing a fully functional VW bug on top of a building, that sort of stuff,
was a Hack.)
in programming terms, a Hack came to mean a clever/obscure/possibly very
ugly programming trick, and a Hacker was a hot programmer who could come up
with hacks.
over the past 20+ years, this terminology has changed and now,
unfortunately, Hacker is generally used to mean the unwelcome electronic
intruder. it's a shame that this has happened, but the media has seized on
hacker and i don't think the clock can be turned back.
richard
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