Date:    Thu, 5 Mar 1998 19:57:49 EST
<br>From:    GarethB2  GarethB2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM 
<br>Subject: Re: Computer hacking (cracking)
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<br>In a message dated 3/5/98 10:38:54 PM, Rima wrote:
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<br> In the article in today's Chronicle re the kids from Cloverdale, CA who
<br> hacked into several government systems, there is a copy of the newly hacked
<br> web page of netdex.  That's the service provider which they used and which
<br> tipped off the FBI.  The page has a badly written message that includes:
<br> 
<br> "...he don't even know how to trojan a system...
<br> 
<br> I haven't heard trojan (upper or lower case) used as a verb before.  Is
<br> this new to y'all as well?
<br> 
<br> Rima
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<br>It's not very common, but I've seen it before. It's a verbification of Trojan
<br>horse, a malicious computer attack where the harmful program is disguised as
<br>something benign (an email attachment, a game, a template, etc.). When the
<br>user opens it up, the Trojan horse program is executed.
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<br>Gareth Branwyn
<br>garethb2[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com, http://home.earthlink.net/~garethb2/
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<br>Contributing editor, Wired
<br>Co-author _Happy Mutant Handbook_ , _Internet Power Toolkit_
<br>Author, _Jargon Watch: A Pocket Dictionary for the Jitterati_
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