On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 01:58 -0700, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> Yet none of them capture the distinction Derek pointed out, and so
> perhaps we need a new term. We could say that attacks against connected
> programs like BIND and Gaim are "synchronous" and attacks that involve
> sending now for impact later such as e-mailed malware are "asynchronous".
I have seen the terms "active" and "passive" used quite frequently to
differentiate between these two conditions.
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Dustin D. Trammell
Vulnerability Remediation Alchemist
Citadel Security Software, Inc.
> Yet none of them capture the distinction Derek pointed out, and so
> perhaps we need a new term. We could say that attacks against connected
> programs like BIND and Gaim are "synchronous" and attacks that involve
> sending now for impact later such as e-mailed malware are "asynchronous".
I have seen the terms "active" and "passive" used quite frequently to
differentiate between these two conditions.
--
Dustin D. Trammell
Vulnerability Remediation Alchemist
Citadel Security Software, Inc.
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