:trap door: alt. `trapdoor' n. 1. Syn. {back door} --- a
{Bad Thing}. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function' is one
which is easy to compute but very difficult to compute the inverse
of. Such functions are {Good Thing}s with important
applications in cryptography, specifically in the construction of
public-key cryptosystems.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
{Bad Thing}. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function' is one
which is easy to compute but very difficult to compute the inverse
of. Such functions are {Good Thing}s with important
applications in cryptography, specifically in the construction of
public-key cryptosystems.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- trap door n.
(alt. `trapdoor') 1. Syn. back door
-
a Bad Thing. 2. [techspeak] A `trap-door function'... - 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... - Good Thing: n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if
capitalized.
1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position... - A trap door opens up
under you... - The door is
the key... - The door is
the key... - randomness n.
1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous
inelegance.
2. A hack or crock that depends on a complex combination... - If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
Paul... - If all the world's a stage,
who sprung the trap door on me...
