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Hacker Vs Cracker
Hacker: - You will be surprise to know that Hacker is a good person, as Hacker is someone who is able to manipulate the inner working of Computers, Information and Technology.
But because of media, name of Hacker is Spoiled
Cracker:-In security Community, a cracker is someone who breaks encryption and copy protection Schemes. They are malicious programmers.
Similarity of both is that both are very smart people who have in depth-understanding of computer systems and can accurately analyze a difficulty to solve problem.
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about 1 year ago
ok.if so,why are hackers divided into ethical and non-ethical hackers.I have heard that non-ethical hackers are those who use their hacking skills for wrong purposes ie for cracking authenticated sites.Pls specify it clearly………..
about 1 year ago
Hacker as “a person who enjoys computer technology and spends time learning and using computer systems”
cracker (“criminal hacker”) as “a computer-savvy person who attempts to gain unauthorized or illegal access to computer systems”
The simple answer for the response to “ethical hacking” should be to let them do their work. Unethical hackers should be stopped using any ethical means possible.
about 1 year ago
Yea, technically speaking you are right.
But the word hacker is very commonly used among the common users as the one who intrudes and steals their data…
about 1 year ago
The problem is that most people consider all hackers as criminals; this problem is really the media’s fault, because as a lot of newspapers show, the reporters do not distinguish between “crackers” and “hackers”, and they use the term “hackers” whether it’s actually a “cracker” or a “hacker.”
about 1 year ago
what renith told here is right.
blame it on the media for defaming hackers. Ethical hackers are hired by many many software firms to bring out the vulnerabilities in their product(s) and correct them before they are launched.
If you wanna learn ethical hacking, i recommend http://www.hackthissite.org for practice. it would be a good resource for an aspiring ethical hacker!
about 1 year ago
its a new information for me… thanks renith
about 1 year ago
Guys correct me if I’m wrong.
A hacker is a person whose a wizards of computer science who breaks into a system just for the sake of challenge or for profit or some other reasons
They can be classified as
White Hats – one who uses their knowledge for for finding and help in removing vulnerability
Black hats – One who uses his knowledge for his personal gains or to destroy others data
Grey hats ( THe one i like most ) – they cant be said neither Good or evil. They will hack into your system and use it and may also informs you that they have done this.
A blue hat hacker is someone outside computer security consulting firms who is used to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed
Crackers on other side like Renith said breaks the security of the a system. But they can be any of the above mentioned depending on the circumstance
about 1 year ago
Good work.. also try to explain more about how hacker is important to our society….
about 1 year ago
we cannot yet predict who will hack and how they will do it, but we can use the position of a potential hacker relative to his or her target to determine the most likely intent of any attack.
about 1 year ago
vineeth,you have given a clear explanation.Thankz yaar. NOw i would like to give an extra point i know.Bill gates who is the first CEO of MICROSOFT have been a good hacker from his childhood itself.He used to play with his friend by hacking each others systems.If he needed it he would have been a good cracker.But he did not.Hacking is a great skill.We can acquire it.Its up to we guys to decide whether we shjoul be good or bad……………………
about 1 year ago
as renith said both hacker & cracker goes side by side….
but if we are taking in positive way it don’t make any
destruction wht abt in other way means wrongly useing of both technology?????
about 1 year ago
As vineeth said the intention of the person gives meaning to the word “Hacker”…..
about 1 year ago
actually i thought these hackers are real wasted brains but yur posts shows they intended for good. yu have given a good distinction between what actually a hacker and cracker s
about 1 year ago
A general term for both hacker and cracker can be intruders
Hackers are those people who prover their expertise in the
technical field by revealing the vulnerabilities thus its good
for the existence of many software sites etc.
so it will be good to organize those people and made it into a community and should be approved by some committee and make use of hackers.
i don’t know like this exist or not.
about 1 year ago
EH-Net.. This is a Ethical Hackers Network.
and we have able to become a Qualified and Professional Ethical Hacker.. to know the steps
visit : http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Qualified-and-Professional-Ethical-Hacker
about 1 year ago
Those who are really interested in Ethical hacking, there will be a workshop at IIT Bombay – HackFest Workshop on jan 7-9,2011…
for more details: http://www.techfest.org
about 1 year ago
Pls give more details about it? i very interest to join for this workshp?
about 1 year ago
@navooo Which workshop you mean?
about 1 year ago
HackFest Workshop conducted by IIT Bombay as he mentioned….
about 1 year ago
we have good lab facilities and all…. but why we can’t conduct these type of events here itself?
about 1 year ago
i knew that things but i ll tell the real time example … if a doctor operates the human body its called hacker , interrupted in others personal matter is cracker. both are without getting permission they r doing..
so pls try to find new things buddy
about 1 year ago
If anyone wants to learn hacking, I strongly recommend the forum http://www.HackForums.net
It has a great quantity of exploits, tools, tutorials(With screnshots and videos) etc….
about 1 year ago
Vinit C.V… You are absolutely right…
You explained about Black, Blue, Grey hat hackers.. But you forgot to explain about Red Hat and Green Hat.
May i introduce them now…
As the security industry grows and new categories of hackers emerge, perhaps Red Hats will denote aggressive hackers, and Green Hats will only be worn by Irish hackers!