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It's called cracking
by grapjas 14y ago
It's called cracking
- jhspaybar 14y agoI'd sure love to be told how this type of attack is any less worthy than buffer overflows, or similar attacks upon old school systems? This guy obviously understands where vulnerabilities can be found and is pretty good at exposing them.
- lotsofcows 14y agoWorthiness? They're all examples of cracking as well. However, although he's cracking sites, this guy's obviously a pretty leet hacker. As such, "hacked" and "cracked" are equally good in the title as far as I'm concerned.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoThis is actually called hacking, not cracking. Cracking refers to removing software protections.
- qu4z-2 14y agoA group of people exists that uses "hacker" for people coming up with creative solutions to problems, and "cracker" for any sort of malicious breaking of security, etc. But I fear that ship has sailed. Then again, Hacker News isn't about new ways to break into boxen, so...
- leohutson 14y agohttp://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoI'm aware of Eric S Raymond's attempt to change the definition. It's still not correct. Nobody uses it that way other than misinformed pedants. This includes the general public, the media, security professionals, and the people who maliciously break into other sites. Just accept that "hacker" means both and move on.
- lotsofcows 14y agoBollocks. People have been differentiating between cracking and hacking since basic passwords were put on mainframes for accountancy reasons. Predates software protection by a decade or two.
- MartinCron 14y agoI admire your tenacity, but I think you're trying to fight a battle that was lost a long time ago.