hellscream666
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Tell me Guys what actually is A Hacker?
What is A Hacker
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hellscream666
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I think it is all the above...what abt u guys?
Rockyme2002
Contributor
well....edit the 1st option,
think there's a diff beteen a cracker nd hacker
think there's a diff beteen a cracker nd hacker
hellscream666
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Cracker and a Hacker........wow tehy are different too?...i thought a Hacker racks
Well a hacker understands the fine points of a program/programming (we are talking bout computer hacker here).
Now its upto that person whether he wants to use his knowledge to harass people or to help.
he can identify bugs and weak links in a program and can then either inform the team in charge of that program to make a patch or he can post it on net and let other exploit that bug and ......
Yeah of course hacking and cracking are diffrenet. You bypass the authentication from the exe file, its called cracking. You force into someone elses pc finding a vulnerability, thats hacking.
You get to know a vulnerability in a program and use that info/program just to harass people thats called being a lamer, 'scriptkiddie' actually. :bleh:
Now its upto that person whether he wants to use his knowledge to harass people or to help.
he can identify bugs and weak links in a program and can then either inform the team in charge of that program to make a patch or he can post it on net and let other exploit that bug and ......
Yeah of course hacking and cracking are diffrenet. You bypass the authentication from the exe file, its called cracking. You force into someone elses pc finding a vulnerability, thats hacking.
You get to know a vulnerability in a program and use that info/program just to harass people thats called being a lamer, 'scriptkiddie' actually. :bleh:
chip_0
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He da guy wid da axe ...
Allright, I would think that a computer hacker is one who understands computers at the level of interaction between hardware and software, and so he is able to produce solutions to certain problems in an unusual way.
Many people who call themselves hackers are actually script kiddies
Allright, I would think that a computer hacker is one who understands computers at the level of interaction between hardware and software, and so he is able to produce solutions to certain problems in an unusual way.
Many people who call themselves hackers are actually script kiddies
hooman_8050
Beginner
sombody do something strange
it_waaznt_me
Contributor
Ummm .. What is a hacker .. It was written 20 years ago but its still holds good .. In fact the whole article is a must read .. (The page I pointed is an appendix of the article Computer Hacking & Ethics ..
Quad Master
Guide
There are mainly 2 types Black Hats & White Hats.
Black one find loopholes & exploit it & share those loopholes with fellow persons &
damage , plants viruses , trojans creates backdoors in the exploited system to
attack again.
White Hats are the good guys they also find loopholes & tell the respective company
about it.
A Hacker Black or White both are extremely talented persons withs lods of networking knowledge.
A Cracker is a person who cracks softwares converting demo trial version softwares
to full versions.
Well this is all i know do correct me if i am wrong.
Black one find loopholes & exploit it & share those loopholes with fellow persons &
damage , plants viruses , trojans creates backdoors in the exploited system to
attack again.
White Hats are the good guys they also find loopholes & tell the respective company
about it.
A Hacker Black or White both are extremely talented persons withs lods of networking knowledge.
A Cracker is a person who cracks softwares converting demo trial version softwares
to full versions.
Well this is all i know do correct me if i am wrong.
bluediamond
Discoverer
for me, hacker is the 2nd and 3rd option..
and for cracker, its the 1st and 3rd option...
and for cracker, its the 1st and 3rd option...
hellscream666
Contributor
Holy Cow.....I had no idea that they come with labels....... Black Hats and White hats....
cool guys......thanx......for the info.....
tell me something......
A software Firewall is a Program....rite......so if break into it............am i a Cracker beccoz i cracked the security codes.....or am i a hacker becoz i got to work around the security?
cool guys......thanx......for the info.....
tell me something......
A software Firewall is a Program....rite......so if break into it............am i a Cracker beccoz i cracked the security codes.....or am i a hacker becoz i got to work around the security?
Hacker = good
Cracker = bad.
Hacker = really cool s/w dude of any sort, but good
Cracker = really cool s/w dude of any sort, but does bad stuff.
Media = mixed up buffoons who can't get their words straight AND confused the whole damn world while they were at it.
So cracker = black hat
hacker = white hat.
Cracker = bad.
Hacker = really cool s/w dude of any sort, but good
Cracker = really cool s/w dude of any sort, but does bad stuff.
Media = mixed up buffoons who can't get their words straight AND confused the whole damn world while they were at it.
So cracker = black hat
hacker = white hat.
hellscream666
Contributor
wow..........had no idea they divide them like that