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• db48x 10y ago
  The only sure way to beat that type of attack is to write your own compiler on your own hardware, not to rely on a different compiler that someone else wrote.
  • BuuQu9hu 10y ago
    The linked paper disagrees.
    • db48x 10y ago
      Only if the second compiler is trusted. If I can hack one publicly available compiler, I can hack two; your second compiler should be private.