bugtraq - Re: On classifying attacks

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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:24:39 -0500
From: "Dustin D. Trammell" <dtrammell@...adel.com>
To: "Crispin Cowan" <crispin@...ell.com>
Cc: "James Longstreet" <jlongs2@....edu>,
	"Derek Martin" <code@...zashack.org>, <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: On classifying attacks

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.

-- 
Dustin D. Trammell
Vulnerability Remediation Alchemist
Citadel Security Software, Inc.

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