Re: Current definition of a hack -reply

[mht () clark net]

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                  jkb () best com |  "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 mht () clark net 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