diff --git a/entries/bugdoor.txt b/entries/bugdoor.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40818ae --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/bugdoor.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +bug door + +n. [common] A hole in the security of a system deliberately left in place by +designers or maintainers, implemented in the form of a deliberate but subtle +and thus hard to spot bug. This can be implemented as a slightly mis-spelled +variable, a typo, extra or missing parentheses or a confusing regex. If the +bug door is subsequently found then it can be plausibly denied as a simple +programming mistake. + +Also see back door.