---
id: 8422
title: "Do Not Use the Back Door!"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/do-not-use-the-back-door/"
published_at: "2009-11-06T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["code-review", "authentication", "backdoor", "application-security", "secure-development"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8422"
lang: en
---

# Do Not Use the Back Door!

## Summary

In system development a "backdoor" creates a way of bypassing normal authentication to allow access to a system.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/web-application-pentesting/do-not-use-the-back-door/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8422