www/proprietary proprietary-back-doors.html pro...

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/01/05 03:29:52

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-back-doors.html proprietary.html 

Log message:
        (Re)define 'back-door' (RT #1292410).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.79&r2=1.80
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.58&r2=1.59

Patches:
Index: proprietary-back-doors.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-back-doors.html,v
retrieving revision 1.79
retrieving revision 1.80
diff -u -b -r1.79 -r1.80
--- proprietary-back-doors.html 1 Jan 2019 19:56:30 -0000       1.79
+++ proprietary-back-doors.html 5 Jan 2019 08:29:51 -0000       1.80
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 basic injustice</a>. The developers often exercise that power to the
 detriment of the users they ought to serve.</p>
 
+<p>We say a program has a &ldquo;back door&ldquo; when someone who is
+not supposed to be in control of the computer where it is installed
+can send it commands via some other channel.</p>
+
 <p>Here are examples of demonstrated back doors in proprietary software.
 They are sorted out according to what they are known to allow. Back doors
 that allow full control over the operating system are said to be
@@ -562,7 +566,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/01 19:56:30 $
+$Date: 2019/01/05 08:29:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>

Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.58
retrieving revision 1.59
diff -u -b -r1.58 -r1.59
--- proprietary.html    1 Jan 2019 19:56:30 -0000       1.58
+++ proprietary.html    5 Jan 2019 08:29:51 -0000       1.59
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
  <tr>
   <td colspan="2">
    <ol>
-    <li id="f1"><em>Back door:</em>&nbsp; any piece of software that is
-     running on your computer, and listens for commands from someone
-     else who can tell it to do things without asking your approval.</li>
+    <li id="f1"><em>Back door:</em>&nbsp; any feature of a program
+     that enables someone who is not supposed to be in control of the
+     computer where it is installed to send it commands.</li>
 
     <li id="f2"><em>Digital restrictions management, or
      &ldquo;DRM&rdquo;:</em>&nbsp; functionalities designed to restrict
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/01/01 19:56:30 $
+$Date: 2019/01/05 08:29:51 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>