On 17/08/07, sai nagendra bhavani prasad <battipati@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hello sir/madam, > This is Prasad ,i have query regarding > "Kernel Hacking" what exactlly is this "kernel hacking" is? > > i found that it includes kernel modifications and development? > Correct. > but hacking definetion is deffrent? > Hacker: " 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. RFC1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, usefully amplifies this as: A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular. 2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. ... " http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html Cracker: " One who breaks security on a system. Coined ca. 1985 by hackers in defense against journalistic misuse of hacker (q.v., sense 8)." http://catb.org/jargon/html/C/cracker.html -- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
