back doors
Kitchen entrance alternatives
Back doors are rear entrances to buildings, typically more private or informal than front entrances: We always use the back door when we come home from the yard.
Figuratively, a back door is a covert or unofficial means of access or influence: He got the job through the back door.
In computing, a back door is a hidden method of bypassing security to gain unauthorized access to a system.
- loopholeExploitable gap in rules
- trapdoorHinged floor panel
- secret passageConcealed route through structure
- backstairsCovert or underhanded
- side entranceNon-primary building access
bypasses · exploit · Trojan horse · vulnerability · security flaw · key · subterfuge · smoke and mirrors · workaround · rootkit · backchannel · privilege escalation · exit · nepotism · threshold · cronyism · old boys club · zero-day
- back channelsintermediaries, go-betweens, middlemen, proxies
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Main building access points
official channels · foyers · front gates · reception areas · lobbies
back doorsofficial channels
Authorized pathways for requests
secure channels · firewalls · security protocols · encryption · two-factor authentication