[169722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Thu Mar 13 12:47:02 2014
In-Reply-To: <1348B75D-EC47-44E3-87B7-D0A04D5EFA64@consultant.com>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:06 -0400
To: James R Cutler <james.cutler@consultant.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, James R Cutler
<james.cutler@consultant.com> wrote:
> And Bill documents yet another redefinition. Prior to that time, at MIT a "hacker" produced a novel variation of technology using it in ways not previously envisioned but not necessarily unlawful.
>
> Mating two different generations of telephone keysets or reducing a complex rack mount filter to a single small circuit board with an FET or two are just a couple of examples. One was just a "hack", the other an "elegant hack". We just called
Hi James,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but by the time "hacker" emerged as a word
distinct from "hack" it already carried implications of mischief and
disregard for the rules in addition to the original implication of
creatively solving a technical challenge. Is that mistaken?
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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