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Trap Doors and Back Doors

Trap Doors and Back Doors definition - hacker
Undocumented software features that allow a user to gain computer access to or greater privileges through its use. These features may be a software bug or something added by a programmer during software development that was not removed when the software went into production. A trap door, often considered to be a synonym for “back door,” is frequently used by crackers to facilitate exploits.

See Also: Cracker; Exploits.

Pipkin, D.L. Halting the Hacker: A Practical Guide to Computer Security. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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