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From: dragon@trwspf.TRW.COM (Roger Vossler)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Security checkup
Keywords: security intruder self-help
Message-ID: <821@trwspf.TRW.COM>
Date: 6 Oct 88 16:35:46 GMT
References: <167@carpet.WLK.COM> <1454@lznv.ATT.COM> <1834@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <307@mccc.UUCP> <908@sword.bellcore.com>
Reply-To: dragon@trwspf.UUCP (Roger Vossler)
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Organization: TRW - Data Systems Lab., Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <908@sword.bellcore.com> yba@sabre.bellcore.com (Mark Levine) writes:
*In article <307@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
*>
*>Could we stop calling those people who break in "hackers"?  Let's not
*>continue to support the public's gross misuse of that once-honorable
*>appellation.
*
*Strongly seconded.  Break-in artists are also called "crackers", but
*this also has a few time-honored traditional meanings.  I don't know
*what the appropriate forum is, but if one can be suggested, I think the

The last time I checked, people who exhibit the behavior known as
"breaking and entering" were called "criminals". Since I was born
and raised in Florida, "crackers" is not approporiate. I still
maintain that "hacking" is an honorable activity.
-- 
Roger Vossler  BIX: rvossler
dragon@trwspf.trw.com
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