Re: Current definition of a hack -reply

From: mhtat_private
Date: Mon May 18 1998 - 06:15:55 PDT

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    Jan,
    
    Thank you for the URL, but the question is more in line with the recent
    splash of IDS articles reviewing systems and why IDS systems are important
    in detecting vulnerabilities and potential hackers.  Since the definition
    has been slightly exaggerated to get the hype up about certain products, it
    would be nice to have a 90's version of the definition
    
    /mht
    
    At 11:24 PM 5/17/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote:
    >
    >	Hell with press and Hollywood. This is still current:
    >http://earthspace.net/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
    >
    >-- Yan
    >
    >Jan Koum                  jkbat_private |  "Turn up the lights; I don't want
    >www.FreeBSD.org -- The Power to Serve  |   to go home in the dark."
    >
    >On Sun, 17 May 1998 mhtat_private wrote:
    >
    >>Since the definition of a hack has been greatly exaggerated lately, what is
    >>the current definition of a hack in the eyes of computer hacking..
    >>
    >>
    >>/mht
    >>
    >>
    >
    



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