ABSTRACT

Today more and more softwares are developing and people aregetting more and more
options in their present softwares. But many are notaware that they are being h
acked without their knowledge. Onereaction to this state of affairs is a behavio
r termed Ethical Hacking"which attempts to pro-actively increase security protect
ion by identifyingand patching known security vulnerabilities on systems owned b
y other parties.A good ethical hacker should know themethodology chosen by the
hacker like reconnaissance, host or targetscanning, gaining access, maintaining
access and clearing tracks. For ethical hacking we should know about the various
tools and methods thatcan be used by a black hat hacker apart from the methodol
ogy used by him.From the point of view of the user oneshould know at least some
of these because some hackers make use of those who are not aware of the various
hacking methods to hack into asystem. Also when thinking from the point of view
of the developer, he alsoshould be aware of these since he should be able to cl
ose holes in hissoftware even with the usage of the various tools. With the adve
nt of newtools the hackers may make new tactics. But at least the software will
beresistant to some of the tools