[PLUG] Think I've been cracked

Rich Burroughs rich at paranoid.org
Tue Jan 25 06:36:58 UTC 2005


Paul Johnson wrote:

> 3) Learn that "hacked" is not synonymous with "compromised."
> 
> http://ursine.dyndns.org/hack
> http://ursine.dyndns.org/crack

I understand the distinction between hacker and cracker, but when 
someone says their box has been hacked they mean it's been compromised. 
There's really not another usage for the term in that context. They're 
not saying someone installed a Perl script for them that made their life 
a lot easier :)


Rich




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