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Back Orifice

computer program designed for remote system administration
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Back Orifice

Summary

Back Orifice is a rootkit[1]. It draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (rootkit category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Back Orifice's instance of is recorded as rootkit[3].
  • Back Orifice's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Back Orifice's followed by is recorded as Back Orifice 2000[5].
  • Back Orifice's developer is recorded as Cult of the Dead Cow[6].
  • Back Orifice's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[7].
  • Back Orifice's copyright license is recorded as GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0[8].
  • Back Orifice's operating system is recorded as Windows 9x[9].
  • Back Orifice's operating system is recorded as Q11368[10].
  • Back Orifice's has use is recorded as remote administration[11].
  • Back Orifice's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Back Orifice's Wine AppDB ID is recorded as 472[13].
  • Back Orifice's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lcr0[14].
  • Back Orifice's official website is recorded as http://www.cultdeadcow.com/tools/bo.html[15].
  • Back Orifice's SourceForge project is recorded as boxp[16].
  • Back Orifice's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[17].

Body

Publication

Back Orifice's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Back Orifice's followed by is recorded as it 2000[5].

Why It Matters

Back Orifice draws 110 Wikipedia views per month (rootkit category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

free software remote administration Windows 9x

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SourceForge. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Back Orifice. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/back-orifice
MLA “Back Orifice.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/back-orifice.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_back-orifice_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Back Orifice}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/back-orifice}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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