9.2 What Actually Is a 'Hacker'?

Introduction

The goal of this chapter is to provide a conceptual analysis of ethical hacking. It begins with a historical introduction (Sect. 9.2), describing how the term "hacking" and its various denominations have been introduced into everyday, journalistic, and technical language. Section 9.3 introduces a systematic classification for hacking, one that fulfills descriptive purposes an...