CS507 Ass

Q1. Deference’s between hacking and cracking.

They are both the same thing...Sort of.

A hacker is a person who is proficient with computers and/or programming to an elite level where they know all of the in and out's of a system. Hacker means unauthorized access to the computer. Hackers are normally skilled programmers, and have been known to crack system passwords, with quite an ease. There is NO illegality involved with being a hacker. A person making an intrusion is generally termed as intruder. Its very common for hackers to misuse passwords and Personal identification number, in order to gain unauthorized access.

What the hacker does with their knowledge of systems within the definition of the law is what defines them as a hacker vs. a cracker. It's then safe to say that all crackers are hackers, but not all hackers are crackers. This is an important distinction. Hackers on the Internet could break into the corporate network and do harm in a number of ways: steal or damage important data, damage individual computers or the entire network, use the corporate computer’s resources, or use the corporate network and resources as a way of posing as a corporate employee. Hackers easily penetrate the most secure facilities of the military and financial institutions

The term cracker and hacker are used interchangeably (albeit incorrectly) largely due to the ignorance of the general populace, especially the media. There are hackers who are more malicious in nature whose primary purpose or intent is to commit a crime through their actions for some level of personal gain or satisfaction. The terms hack and crack are often used interchangeably.

A cracker is a hacker who uses their proficiency for personal gains outside of the law. EX: stealing data, changing bank accounts, distributing viruses etc.

Sr #	Column A	Column B	Column C
1	Logical	Active Monitor	Virus & Worms
2	Beta Version	Biometrics	In Testing Phase
3	Spikes	Technical Controls	Sudden Increase in Power Supply
4	Triggered on Event	Behavior Blockers	Logic Bomb
5	Guard against Virus	Virus & Worms	Active Monitor
6	Hardware based Antivirus	Sudden Increase in Power Supply	Behavior Blockers
7	Encryption	Logic Bomb	Science of Coded writing
8	Voice Print	In Testing Phase	Biometrics
9	Firmware based Virus protection	Effective Back up Plan	Technical Controls
10	Management Procedural Controls	Science of Coded writing	Effective Back up Plan