CNET News.com: Back Orifice 2000 makes its debut Jul 11, 1999, 11 :57 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (9257 reads) (Other stories by Scott Ard)
"Back Orifice 2000, a much anticipated and feared trojan horse software
program, was released today as expected at the DefCon convention in Las
Vegas."
"A boisterous and supportive crowd of several hundred DefCon attendees
repeatedly roared their approval as the software's features were touted..."
"Debate has raged over whether BO2K (a pun on Microsoft's Back Office
server suite) is a beneficial tool or a piece of software that makes it
easy for malicious hackers to gain unauthorized entry to computers. The
controversy is reminiscent of Dan Farmer's 1995 release of SATAN, or
Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks.
"The version released today represents an upgrade to the original
application Cult of the Dead Cow released at last year's DefCon, which has
registered 300,000 downloads. BO2K is open-source and accepts plug-ins,
making it likely that malicious variants will be created."
