White-box testing The real point is that tests are usually designed from an abstract structure such as the input space, a graph, or logical predicates, and the question is what level of abstraction we derive that abstract structure from. That can be the source code, requirements, input space descriptions, or one of dozens of types of design models. Therefore, the "white-box / black-box" distinction is less important and the terms are less relevant. In penetration testing, white-box testing refers to a methodology where a white hat hacker has full knowledge of the system being attacked. The goal of a white-box penetration test
Hacker Manifesto we were doing it. The article is quoted several times in the 1995 movie "Hackers", although in the movie it is being read from an issue of the hacker magazine "2600", not the historically accurate "Phrack". The Mentor gave a reading of "The Hacker Manifesto" and offered additional insight at H2K2. It is also an item in the game "Culpa Innata". Hacker Manifesto The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto) is a small essay written January 8, 1986 by a computer security hacker who went by the handle (or pseudonym) of The Mentor (born Loyd Blankenship),