Related:

• munching n. Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills, notoriety, or to annoy the system manager.
  Compare cracker. See also hacked off....
• mangler: [DEC] n. A manager. Compare {mango}; see also {management}.
  Note that {system mangler} is somewhat different in connotation. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• eal user: n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying *real* money for his computer usage.
  2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a research project, a course, etc....
• mango: /mang'go/ [orig. in-house jargon at Symbolics] n.
  A manager. Compare {mangler}. See also {devo} and {doco}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ocial engineering: n. Term used among {cracker}s and {samurai} for cracking techniques that rely on weaknesses in {wetware} rather than software
  he aim is to trick people into revealing passwords or other information that compromises a target system's security....
• iron box: [UNIX/Internet] n. A special environment set up to trap a {cracker} logging in over remote connections long enough to be traced.
  May include a modified {shell} restricting the cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and `bait' files designed to keep him interested and logged on....
• astygram: /nas'tee-gram/ n. 1. A protocol packet or item of email (the latter is also called a {letterbomb}) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things.
  2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a {net.god}, pursuant to a violation of {netiquette} or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem....
• eal user n. 1. A commercial user. One who is paying real money for his computer usage.
  2. A non-hacker. Someone using the system for an explicit purpose (a research project, a course, etc....