:letterbomb: 1. n. A piece of {email} containing {live data}
intended to do nefarious things to the recipient's machine or
terminal. It is possible, for example, to send letterbombs that
will lock up some specific kinds of terminals when they are viewed,
so thoroughly that the user must cycle power (see {cycle}, sense
3) to unwedge them. Under UNIX, a letterbomb can also try to get
part of its contents interpreted as a shell command to the mailer.
The results of this could range from silly to tragic. See also
{Trojan horse}; compare {nastygram}. 2. Loosely, a
{mailbomb}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
intended to do nefarious things to the recipient's machine or
terminal. It is possible, for example, to send letterbombs that
will lock up some specific kinds of terminals when they are viewed,
so thoroughly that the user must cycle power (see {cycle}, sense
3) to unwedge them. Under UNIX, a letterbomb can also try to get
part of its contents interpreted as a shell command to the mailer.
The results of this could range from silly to tragic. See also
{Trojan horse}; compare {nastygram}. 2. Loosely, a
{mailbomb}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- letterbomb
1. n. A piece of email containing
live data intended to do nefarious things to the recipient's
machine or terminal.
It used to be possible, for example, to send letterbombs... - mailbomb: (also mail bomb) [USENET] 1. v. To send, or urge
others to send,
massive amounts of {email} to a single system or ... - nastygram: /nas'tee-gram/ n. 1. A protocol packet or item of
email (the latter is also called a {letterbomb}) that takes
advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to
do untoward things.
2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a {net.god}, pursuant... - live data: n. 1. Data that is written to be interpreted and takes
over program flow when triggered by some un-obvious operation,
such as viewing it. One use of such hacks is to... - mailbomb
(also mail bomb) [Usenet] 1. v. To send,
or urge others to send, massive amounts of email... - cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker
wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a
"cycle junkie").
One can describe an instruction as taking so many... - nastygram /nas'tee-gram/ n.
1. A protocol packet or item
of email (the latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes
advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to
do untoward things.
2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a net.god, pursuant... - live data n.
1. Data that is written to be interpreted and
takes over program flow when triggered by some un-obvious
operation,
such as viewing it. One use of such hacks is to break... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen',
to slide or skid] 1. n. A sudden interruption in ...
