[ILUG] Coloured hats.

[Colm Buckley]

On 23 Apr 2004, at 14:09, Robin Farrell wrote:

> Having a discussion in the office here, thought I would throw it to the
> people who know.
> Can you define what you think a white hat hacker and a black hat 
> hacker are for me?

Black hat = malicious hacker.  Someone who breaks into a system to 
cause damage or for personal gain.

White hat = benevolent hacker.  Someone who breaks into a system to 
demonstrate its vulnerabilities, and help fixing them.

	Colm

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