[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:26:23AM +0200, Thierry Zoller wrote:
The industry definition is perfectly within Homers defintion of a Trojan
horse.
JC> http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html
When I read Homer, it was a Greek horse.
The horse became the property of the Trojans before it launched its
hidden attack, but your point is interesting as well.
There are other terms used to describe malware disguised as something
else that has hidden capability to cause damage. Logic bomb, for example.
I'll do some more work on this and see where it leads. The proposal of
"backdoor" as the better term just doesn't work, since a backdoor is a
hidden mechanism for gaining entry or control of a system that is built
into the system by its creator or some other involved party. An intruder
may open up a backdoor in a system by altering its programming rather
than by planting a Trojan, so there needs to be a distinction between
the two.
Cheers,
Jason Coombs
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