Saturday, August 2, 2008

Buzzword: Hatless

When talking about security there are two well worn buzzwords.

The White Hat is the good guy. He is the security guy who works for the company or it is used to refer to an ethical hacker. He pursues security exploits in order to make systems more secure.

The Black Hat is the evil hacker. Since both can and do use the same practices the terms white and black hat arose.

Now what about the rest of us? We are just the Hatless. (You can say it with the same emphasis you would give to "the great unwashed", only it is shorter.)

Needless to say in the battle between the Hats, white and black, we the Hatless are often the victims.

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