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Jaidev · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2003 10:56 pm Post subject: Back Door to Mainframes

Any idea what could be the BACK DOOR to mainframes???

Manas Biswal · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 12:09 am Post subject:

What exactly do you mean by the BACK DOOR to mainframes?

Bill Dennis · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 9:04 am Post subject:

Are you looking for the undocumented interface that lets you access the system undetected from anywhere on the Internet and snoop into any file you want?

Bill

[bond] · Beginner Joined: 31 Dec 2002 Posts: 28 Topics: 6

If you a develop a workaround to the FRONT DOOR, you would be looking at the BACK DOOR.
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semigeezer · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject:

Hmmm. In my house, you end up in the garage. Very Happy

Manas Biswal · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2003 11:23 pm Post subject:

And in my house, there is no back door. There are two front doors side by side and for accessing any of them, you need to ring the bell. Very Happy

Regards,
Manas

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:24 am Post subject:

The name "Scotland Yard" has a similar explanation, right? Their back door (?) opened in Sctoland, I guess. I may be incorrect, but, I am sure, the origin of the name Scotland Yard is more or less along the lines of back door and front door.
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Manas Biswal · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:35 am Post subject:

Cogito-Ergo-Sum,

Actually, when the Metropolitan Police Force was established in London in the early 19th Century, the task of organizing the police force was carried at 4, Whitehall Place, the back door of which opened to the courtyard which had been the site of a residence owned by the Kings of Scotland and known as Scotland Yard.
Hence, the name.

Regards,
Manas

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:40 am Post subject:

Manas Biswal,
Thank you, Manas for that piece of trivia.
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Jaidev · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2003 5:29 am Post subject:

Sorry for posting my reply so late, but I think Mr. Bill has got me correct, i was just thinkin' of this and thought why not post a querry. It's amazing to read the diverse thinking of people around the world on a single topic!!!