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Re: Help put a stop to incompetentcomputerforensics
From: "cozadc/Cozad, Chris" <ccozad () cosco com au>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:44:24 +1000
Jason (and the rest of the list), I have been reading this list for a few years now, and very rarely contribute. Generally a lot of the posts are not relevant to my business, but it is good to read about other technologies, and different ways of thinking. BUT.... This playing with semantics is just foolish. I think there are 2 different terms in use in this argument. The first use of the word Trojan explains the installation of software, with another piece of software being installed in the background, unknown to the user. This second piece of software could be a backdoor, could be a virus, hell - it could install some lottery software! The term Trojan is used to describe the unintentional installation of the software by the user. Jason' use of the word comes into play after the software is installed. He seems to be using the words Backdoor and Trojan interchangeably. The antivirus vendors tend to use this type of terminology. If it contains a Backdoor, it is a Trojan. This is after the fact though, so describes a slightly different thing to what everyone is shooting him down for. It is the word the media would use to describe a backdoor, and that most non-IT people would understand, so it is not wrong. In my mind (and please remember, I am just some dude with email access, so take what I say with a grain of salt...) software can contain a Trojan Horse, and that Trojan could be a Backdoor. Two sentences spring to mind: "That software contains a Trojan" - general meaning - "That software contains another program" "Someone has Trojan'ed my PC" - Jasons meaning - "Someone has a backdoor into my PC" Both are acceptable, and everyone on this list would know the difference if it was put to them like that. Chris Cozad Network Engineer Five Star Shipping & Agency Company Pty. Ltd.
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