Hacking

[titey]

Oops!

Looks like padlock time for this one now too.

[dlingeverything]

Originally posted by true_neo@20 August 2003 - 09:37
Hmm... a friend of mine is into hacking... he explained to me that HACKERS arent evil, its the CRACKERS that are.
The diff, he said, is that a hacker hacks into a system, checks it for errors, and report the glitch that allowed him in, plus any others to the owner of the system.
A cracker is a hacker that hacks into a system to destroy it, of to leave a virus...
I know if some dude got into me comp, and left me instructions on how to fix that error, I would thank the fellow. If he wanted any of my files, he would be free to copy them onto his own system.

1. We already said that hacking discussions arent allowed

2. i'm not sure bout hackers and crackers but they are
normally referred to as BLACK HAT and WHITE HAT
Hackers.

3. I seriously dont think that a hacker that would spend
time to get into your computer would just leave you instructions
on how to prevent it from happening.

What are they gonna do?
Put a wallpaper up that says "GET A F*CKING FIREWALL"?

[true_neo]

Most large companies do have firewalls... If you ran a large company with lotsa things on comp, wouldnt you be glad to get instructions on how to patch up an error in it...?