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Backdoor/trojan – ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyWALL IDP 10 User Manual

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ZyWALL IDP 10 User’s Guide

IDP Policies

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Figure 6-7 Worm/Virus Signatures

6.3.8 Backdoor/Trojan

A backdoor (also called a trapdoor) is

hidden

software or a hardware mechanism that can be triggered

to

gain access to a program, online service or an entire computer system. A Trojan horse is a harmful

program that s hidden inside apparently harmless programs or data.

To find a list of all backdoor/Trojan related signatures supported by the ZyWALL, do a policy search
by name or policy query by type (Backdoor/Trojan). The following screen shows some of the
backdoor/Trojan related signatures supported by the ZyWALL at the time of writing.