Required Reading for Monday March 21 / Tuesday March 22

• Lookup and read about the following terms in The Jargon File
  • backdoor

  • cracker

  • hacker

  • honey pot

  • logic bomb

  • mockingbird

  • phage

  • virus

  • trogan horse

  • worm

  • spyware

  • warez

Links for Further Study

• The Jargon File Web Site For non-frame version - select "glossary" link.

  For a good laugh, try the Soundalike Slang link.

• Reflections on Trusting Trust Classic paper by Ken Thompson on how to write trojan horses.

• Finjan Software's Malicious Code Web Site

• Gone Phishing

• Strategies of Computer Worms Chapter in book by Peter Szor