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[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/08/22 08:57:45

Added files:
        server/staging/proprietary: backdoor-definition.html 

Log message:
        New page, per RMS (Apple is monitoring... www-discuss 2021-08-21).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/server/staging/proprietary/backdoor-definition.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1

Patches:
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: 1.96 -->
+<!--#set var="DISABLE_TOP_ADDENDUM" value="yes" -->
+<title>What Is a Back Door?
+- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/side-menu.css" 
media="screen,print" />
+ <!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<div class="nav">
+<a id="side-menu-button" class="switch" href="#navlinks">
+ <img id="side-menu-icon" height="25" width="31"
+      src="/graphics/icons/side-menu.png"
+      title="Section contents"
+      alt="&nbsp;[Section contents]&nbsp;" />
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+
+<p class="breadcrumb">
+ <a href="/"><img src="/graphics/icons/home.png" height="26" width="26"
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+ <a href="/proprietary/proprietary.html">Malware</a>&nbsp;/
+</p>
+</div>
+<!--GNUN: OUT-OF-DATE NOTICE-->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/top-addendum.html" -->
+<div style="clear: both"></div>
+<div id="last-div" class="reduced-width">
+<h2>What Is a Back Door?</h2>
+<div class="thin"></div>
+
+<p><span style="color: red">Proposition 1:</span>
+A back door is a feature in a program or device that listens for
+remote commands, and executes them. Whether this feature is documented
+or not is irrelevant.</p>
+
+<p><span style="color: blue">Proposition 2:</span>
+A back door is a feature in a program or device that listens for
+remote commands, and tells the command targets to execute them. Whether
+this feature is documented or not is irrelevant.</p>
+
+<p>Each back door will have a certain repertoire of command operations.
+Here are some examples to illustrate that point:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>iOS has a back door whose commands can tell it to install app FOO.
+That is the operation we know it supports.  Perhaps it supports others
+that we do not know.</li>
+
+<li>Google Play has a back door whose commands can tell it
+to install app FOO or delete app FOO.  Those are the operations we
+know it supports.  Perhaps it supports others that we do not know.</li>
+
+<li>Windows has a back door that is <em>universal</em>, meaning commands
+can tell it to install any change in its own code.</li>
+
+<li>The Amazon Swindle has a back door which accepts commands to delete a
+specific book.  It also has a universal back door, which accepts commands
+to install any change in its own code.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Those are the real examples I know of, but we could imagine</p>
+<ul>
+<li>a back door in an internet-connected thermostat which
+has commands to (1) set the desired temperature and (2) turn heating
+on or off;</li>
+
+<li>a back door in a thermostat which has only one command, to
+set the desired temperature;</li>
+
+<li>a back door in a thermostat which has only one command, to
+flash lights on and off.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>There is a wide range of possible behaviors for back doors.  Always
+the question is, &ldquo;What does this back door offer commands to
+do?&rdquo;</p>
+
+<p><span style="color: red">Proposition 1:</span>
+<em>The common thread of all back doors is that they receive remote
+commands, and obey them.</em></p>
+
+<p><span style="color: blue">Proposition 2:</span>
+<em>The common thread of all back doors is that they receive remote
+commands, and force the program or device to obey them.</em></p>
+
+
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