Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!shark!theo From: theo.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Theo Heavey) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: March CACM --- Hacking Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 03:06:39 GMT Sender: bbs@cs.fau.edu (Waffle BBS) Organization: Florida Atlantic University Lines: 22 Hi there --- I was interested in opinions about the contents of the Hacking Issue (I think it was March)? Is the cracker (aka dark side hacker) the antithesis of a programmer? Does every access to a system need to be monitored? Why cut off my resources to protect me? my university? my work? Who should pay if someone gets into a "sensitive" system? The programmer who developed the software? the sys admin? the "cracker" that may have stumbled into the system by "accident"? When is a prank a felony? I am interested in all opinions (gotta get a new flame suit though ;-) ) Theo Heavey Florida Atlantic University theo@cs.fau.edu