leapfrog attack

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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).

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

leapfrog attack

   Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from
   one {host} (e.g. {download}ing 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).

   [{Jargon File}]

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