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The first thing I thought of was Trusting Trust[1]. If the system is untrustworthy down to its lowest levels, it can also cover its tracks completely or nearly-
by lmkg 17y ago
The first thing I thought of was Trusting Trust[1]. If the system is untrustworthy down to its lowest levels, it can also cover its tracks completely or nearly-completely.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_(computing)#Reflections_on_Trusting_Trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_(computing)#Reflection...
- angelbob 17y agoActually, as another poster points out, it's hard to fully mask outgoing network traffic unless you control the hub/router as well.
- JoachimSchipper 17y agoYes, but e.g. data tunneled over DNS is pretty hard to detect. I'm sure the Chinese government could spare some (a lot of) domain names. Also note that a network card with DMA access has pretty much free reign of the computer. However, all this is a lot more complicated than just hacking the latest Windows hole; I doubt it would be cost-effective.