On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Colm Buckley wrote:
> Black hat = malicious hacker. Someone who breaks into a system to cause
> damage or for personal gain.
hackers dont break into systems. crackers do.
> White hat = benevolent hacker. Someone who breaks into a system to
> demonstrate its vulnerabilities, and help fixing them.
ditto.
hackers hack on lots of stuff, not just security related things.
> Colm
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