[169728] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How to catch a cracker in the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Thu Mar 13 14:10:45 2014
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:06 -0400."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:09:34 -0400
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:46:06 -0400, William Herrin said:
> 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?
To the contrary - there was a period of time when "hacker" included those who
were responsible for creative hacks that followed the rules *as they actually
were*, not as they were generally believed to be.
"It had the virtue of never having been tried before". James T Kirk was (will
be?e?) an old-school hacker of epic level. (Contemplate for a bit why Kirk
wasn't bounced out on his butt from the Academy)
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