JargonFile/entries/leapfrog attack.txt
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leapfrog attack
n. Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host
(e.g., downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET,
etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or
more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).