iron box n.
[Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to
trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough
to be traced. May include a modified shell restricting the
cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and `bait' files designed
to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door,
firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford
account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and used
one (see the Bibliography in Appendix C). Compare padded cell
[Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to
trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough
to be traced. May include a modified shell restricting the
cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and `bait' files designed
to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door,
firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford
account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and used
one (see the Bibliography in Appendix C). Compare padded cell
Related:
- iron box: [UNIX/Internet] n. A special environment set up to trap
a {cracker} logging in over remote connections long enough to be
traced.
May include a modified {shell} restricting the cracker's... - firewall machine: n. A dedicated gateway machine with special
security precautions on it,
used to service outside network connections and... - firewall machine n.
A dedicated gateway machine with
special security precautions on it,
used to service outside network connections and... - back door n.
[common] A hole in the security of a
system deliberately left in place by designers or maintainers.
The motivation for such holes is not always sinister... - Venus flytrap n.
[after the insect-eating plant] See firewall machine... - flytrap n.
[rare] See firewall machine... - padded cell n.
Where you put lusers so they can't hurt
anything.
A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted... - padded cell: n. Where you put {luser}s so they can't hurt
anything.
A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted... - The Cuckoo's Egg:
Clifford Stoll
Doubleday 1989
ISBN 0-385-24946-2
Clifford Stoll's absorbing tale of how he tracked Markus Hess and the
Chaos Club cracking ring nicely illustrates the difference between
`hacker' and `cracker'.
Stoll's portrait of himself, his lady Martha, and his...
