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Ethical hacking is the controversial practice of employing the tools and tactics of hackers to test the security precautions protecting a network. Ethical hacking is becoming an accepted business practice and a number of schools are including ethical hacking in their Information Assurance (IA) curriculum. Some educators feel that it is necessary to know how to attack a network to truly understand how to defend a network. Schools that teach ethical hacking provide instruction to students along with the hardware and software tools they need to conduct ethical hacking exploits. Schools with Information Assurance or Information Security programs need to address the ethical, legal, and practical issues surrounding teaching ethical hacking.