Black hat and white hat

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black hat
someone considering a potential business relationship with an ISP or other
provider will post a query to a NANA group, asking about the provider's hat
color. The term albedo has also been used to describe a provider's
spam-friendliness.
1. n. A criminal, malicious or offensive security oriented hacker; a cracker.
2. Name of a conference about offensive hacking. Also known as red teaming.
Contrast with white hat.
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dark-side hacker
n. A criminal or malicious hacker; a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth
Vader, seduced by the dark side of the Force. The implication that hackers
form a sort of elite of technological Jedi Knights is intended. Oppose
samurai.
See black hat.
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white hat
See black hat.
A hacker who does not engage in offensive security practices (cracking).
White hat hackers may still engage in red teaming or penetration testing
but in a strictly legal manner ususlly only on machines which they own
or which they are authorized to test. Contrast with black hat.