The aim of this workshop was to provide introduction and practical approach to the students about ethical hacking and web technology using Joomla. Mr. Gupta focused on ethical hacking which is often performed by white hats or skilled computer experts. It is the use of programming skills to determine vulnerabilities in computer systems. While the non-ethical hackers or black hat exploit these vulnerabilities for mischief, personal gain or other reasons, the ethical hacker evaluates them, points them out, and may suggest changes to systems that make them less likely to be penetrated by black hats. White hats can work in a variety of ways. Many companies utilize ethical hacking services from consultants or full-time employees to keep their systems and information as secure as possible. The work of ethical hacking is still considered hacking because it uses knowledge of computer systems in an attempt to in some way penetrate them or crash them. This work is ethical because it is performed to increase the safety of the computer systems. Thus, the goal of ethical hacking is to determine how to break in or create mischief with the present programs running, but only at the request of the company that owns the system and specifically to prevent others from attacking it. |
