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We all remember Lisbeth Salander from the\u00a0The Girl with the Dragon tattoo <\/em>movie or Neo in The Matrix<\/em> – both hackers.<\/em><\/p>\n Earlier this week even SU websites were targeted by the\u00a0747crew, who used it to proclaim their political and religious convictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n But apparently there’s a difference between hackers and crackers. In the context of computer security a hacker is seen as someone who pinpoints the weaknesses in a computer system or network and exploits them. His motivation can be financial gain, a platform for protest or purely because it’s a challenge.<\/p>\n Over time, and partly thanks to the media, the association with the word “hacker” predominantly became a negative one. Eric S. Raymond\u00a0(author of\u00a0The New Hacker’s Dictionary<\/i>) believes that members of the computer underground should be called\u00a0crackers<\/em>.\u00a0 According to\u00a0<\/em>R.D.\u00a0Clifford (2006) a cracker <\/em>is someone who illegally gained access to a computer with the intent of committing a crime, for example destroying data on a particular system.<\/p>\n \u00a0More recently the word\u00a0<\/em>hacker<\/em>\u00a0has been reclaimed by computer programmers who agree with Raymond that those who hack <\/em>with criminal intent, should be called a cracker. <\/em>Several subgroups of this subculture have different approaches and also use different terms to distinguish themselves from others.<\/p>\n A white hat\u00a0<\/em>won’t break into a system with malicious intent, but rather to test their own security or for a company manufacturing security software. The term\u00a0white hat <\/em>in internet slang refers to an ethical hacker.<\/p>\n A black hat <\/em>hacker violates computer security for his own benefit. These are the stereotypical characters we see depicted in popular culture, like movies.\u00a0Black hats <\/em>break into secure networks to destroy data or to render the network unusable for those who need to access it.<\/p>\n A\u00a0grey hat<\/em>\u00a0surfs the internet and breaks into a system only to notify it’s administrator that it has a security defect and then offer to fix it at a price.<\/p>\n A blue hat\u00a0<\/em>assists with the testing of a system before it’s launched to establish it’s weaknesses. Usually he’s not part of a computer security company.<\/p>\n Other terms include a\u00a0script kiddie\u00a0<\/em>(someone who’s not an expert and uses other people’s software to hack) and a\u00a0neophyte, “n00b”,<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0“newbie<\/em>” is a novice who’s still in training. \u00a0<\/p>\n A\u00a0Hacktivist<\/em>\u00a0is a\u00a0hacker<\/em>\u00a0who misuses technology to convey his social, ideological and political message. The defacement of the SU webpages earlier this week is an example of\u00a0hactivism.<\/i><\/p>\n [SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wie van ons onthou nie vir Lisbeth Salander van The Girl with the Dragon tattoo<\/em> fliek of Neo in\u00a0The Matrix <\/em>nie\u00a0– beide voorbeelde van hackers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Vroe\u00ebr die week het selfs US-webwerwe deurgeloop onder die 747crew, wat dit gebruik het as platform om hul politiese en godsdienstige oortuigings te verkondig.<\/p>\n Daar kan egter `n onderskeid getref word tussen kappers (hackers<\/em>) en krakers (crackers<\/em>). In die konteks van rekenaarsekuriteit is `n kapper iemand wat swakplekke in `n rekenaarstelsel of -netwerk opspoor en uitbuit. Sy motivering kan finansie\u00ebl wees, `n platform vir protes of bloot net omdat dit `n uitdaging bied.<\/p>\n Met tyd, en deels te danke aan die media, is die assosiasie met die woord hacker<\/em>\u00a0grotendeels `n negatiewe een.\u00a0Eric S. Raymond\u00a0(skrywer van\u00a0The New Hacker’s Dictionary<\/i>) voer aan dat lede van die ondergrondse rekenaarbeweging eerder crackers <\/em>genoem moet word.\u00a0 <\/em>Volgens\u00a0\u00a0R.D.\u00a0Clifford (2006) is `n cracker\u00a0<\/em>iemand wat ongemagtigde toegang tot `n rekenaar verkry met die doel om `n misdaad te pleeg, byvoorbeeld om inligting binne die bepaalde stelsel te vernietig.<\/p>\n <\/em>Die woord hacker<\/em> is die afgelope tyd teruggeeis deur rekenaarprogrammeerders wat saamstem met Raymond se teorie dat diegene wat vir krininele doeleindes hack, <\/em>eerder `n cracker <\/em>genoem moet word. Subgroepe van die ondergrondse rekenaarkultuur het verskillende benaderings ten opsigte van die twee definisies en gebruik verskillende terme om hulself te onderskei van ander groepe.<\/p>\n \u00a0`n White hat\u00a0<\/em>breek nie by stelsels in met kwaadwillige bedoelings of voorbedagte rade nie, maar eerder om hul eie sekuriteit te beproef of namens `n maatskappy wat sekuriteit-sagteware vervaardig. In internet slang verwys\u00a0white hat\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0na `n etiese kuberkraker.<\/p>\n \u00a0‘n Black hat<\/em>\u00a0skend rekenaarsekuriteit vir sy eie voordeel. Hulle is die stereotipiese kriminele krakers wat dikwels in popul\u00eare kultuur, soos flieks, uitgebeeld word.\u00a0Black hats <\/em>breek by sekure netwerke in om data te vernietig of om die netwerk onbruikbaar te maak vir diegene wat toegang daartoe het.<\/p>\n `n Grey hat<\/em>\u00a0 probeer inbreek by `n stelsel bloot om die administrateur daarop te wys dat sy stelsel `n veiligheidsdefek het. Hulle bied aan om hierdie fout reg te maak – teen `n koste natuurlik.<\/p>\n `n Blue hat <\/em>toets stelsels voordat dit bekendgestel word sodat swakplekke bepaal en gekorrigeer kan word. Hulle is tipies nie deel is van `n rekenaar sekuriteitsfirma nie.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ander terme sluit in `n\u00a0script kiddie\u00a0<\/em>(iemand wat nie `n kundige is nie en ander se sagteware gebruik om te hack<\/em>) en `n\u00a0neophyte, “n00b”,<\/em> of “newbie<\/em>” is `n beginner wat nog kennis en ondervinding moet opdoen.<\/p>\n `n Hacktivist<\/em> is `n hacker<\/em> wat tegnologie misbruik om sy sosiale, ideologiese of politieke boodskap oor te dra. Die skending van die US-webwerwe vroe\u00ebr die week is `n voorbeeld van hactivism.<\/i><\/p>\n [BRON: www.wikipedia.org]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all remember Lisbeth Salander from the\u00a0The Girl with the Dragon tattoo movie or Neo in The Matrix – both hackers. 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