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Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping

Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping

Kevin Curran, Peter Breslin, Kevin McLaughlin, Gary Tracey
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781591409939|ISBN10: 1591409934|EISBN13: 9781591409946
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch029
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Curran, Kevin, et al. "Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping." Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, edited by Mario Freire and Manuela Pereira, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 199-204. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch029

APA

Curran, K., Breslin, P., McLaughlin, K., & Tracey, G. (2008). Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping. In M. Freire & M. Pereira (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications (pp. 199-204). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch029

Chicago

Curran, Kevin, et al. "Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping." In Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, edited by Mario Freire and Manuela Pereira, 199-204. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch029

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Abstract

"Access" is defined in Section 2(1)(a) of the Information Technology Act as "gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network". Unauthorised access would therefore mean any kind of access without the permission of either the rightful owner or the person in charge of a computer, computer system or computer network. Thus not only would accessing a server by cracking its password authentication system be unauthorised access, switching on a computer system without the permission of the person in charge of such a computer system would also be unauthorised access.

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