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iron box /n./ [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to
trap a cracker logging in over remote connections long enough
to be traced. May include a modified shell restricting the
cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and `bait' files designed
to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door,
firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford Stoll's
account in "{The Cuckoo's Egg}" of how he made and used
one (see the Bibliography in Appendix C). Compare padded
cell.
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