Re: [cobalt-users] how do the hackers find your Raq?

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Ryan J. Smith" <rizzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I believe we have our terms a bit confused.  *Hacking* is just
> programming, as in "hacking away at this program I'm writing".  A hacker
> is a programmer.  *Cracking* is the act of penetrating a system's
> security measures, as in "I cracked your box".

Very informative and definitely accurate, but unfortunatey the majority
rules whether right or wrong.  Crackers are mistakenly called hackers, the
Cobalt operating system is mistakenly called Linux when it should be called
the GNU operating system or perhaps GNU/Linux operating system...and
FrontPage users call themselves web developers.  But none of this changes
the fact that bad guys are trying to break into pretty blue boxes.  Again,
thanks for the informative email, but I'm afraid educating the masses on the
correct terminology is going to be a very steep, uphill battle.

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