CYBERLAW HACKERS AND CRACKERS

CYBERLAW HACKERS AND CRACKERS

Cyberlaw is a generic term which refers to all the legal and regulatory aspects of Internet and the world wide web.

Internet is believed to be full of anarchy and a system of law and regulation therein seems contradictory. However cyberspace is being governed by a system of law and regulation called Cyberlaw. There is no one exhaustive definition of the term”Cyberlaw”. Simply speaking anything concerned with or releated to or emanating from any legal aspectsor issues concerning  any activity of netizens and others in cyberspace comes within the ambit of cyberlaw.The growth of Electronic Commerce has propelled the need for vibrant and effective regulatory mechanisms which would further strengthen the legal infrastructure ,so crucial to the success of electronics commerce . All these regulatory and mechanism and legal infrastructure comes within the domain of CyberLaw.

Hacker is a slang term for a computer enthusiast e.g- a person who enjoys learning programming languages and computer systems and can often be considered an expert on the subject/s. Among professional programmers, depending on how it used, the term can be either complimentary or derogatory, although it is developing an increasingly derogatory connotation. Hackers, themselves, maintain that the proper term for such individuals is Crackers. Although hackers still argue that there is a big difference between what they do and what crackers do, the mass media has failed to understand the distinction, so the two terms- Hack and Crack- are often used interchangeably.

Simply we can say that the crackers are the malicious programmers who break into secure systems whereas hackers are more interested in gaining knowledge about computer systems and possibly using this knowledge for playful pranks.