keywords for ethical hacking

Some keywords for ethical hacking....

1. Attack :- 

                   Action with malicious intension .

2. Authentication:-

                                 It is a process of identifying                       the person or system with username or                      password.

3.  Backdoor:- 

                          Trapdoor,used to gain authorized access to computer or network .(How programmer may by pass security steps without permission)

3. Buffer:- 

                  Temporarily data storage while data is                            placed to one place to another. 

4.  Cipher:-

                     It is a process to cover the data code                             or encrypt algorithm technique.

5.  Cryptography:- 

                                It is the science and art of                        protecting the privacy of the information                              by encrypting into a secret code.

6. Decryption:-

                          Process of converting cipher text                      into plain text.

7. Encryption:-

                          Process of converting plain text                        into cipher text.

8. Exploit:-

                   To take an advantage of the weakness           of the system.

9. Hash value:-

                       It is a result of applying                                    cryptographic hash value.

10. Malware:-

                       Malicious software.it is used to damage computer system and network and steal the data from that infected system.

11. Threat:-

                   It is a possible danger that might          exploit a vulnerability to violet security protocols.