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A few reasons I can think of: 1. Collaborative. 2. supporting classified proprietary architectures (think missile chips or something) 3. The intermediate rep
by thornjm 8y ago
A few reasons I can think of:
1. Collaborative.
2. supporting classified proprietary architectures (think missile chips or something)
3. The intermediate representation (architecture independent representation of code) can be integrated in to many other classified tools. Maybe for automated analysis for example.
- perlgeek 8y ago4. Managing licenses is a huge PITA, presumably especially in environments with lots of classified information.
- janekm 8y agoGood point... "we need a site license. No, I can't tell you for how many employees, that's classified. No, I can't tell you who we are, that's classified. No, I can't tell you what we are working on, that's classified. Hello? Hello? Darn they hung up again..."
- ktjfi 8y agoI think all three letter agencies create front companies for this kind of stuff?
- rasz 8y agohttps://www.battelle.org/ https://www.battelle.org/
- jeffreyrogers 8y agoWhen I worked for a hedge fund we had to deal with this sort of thing (not classified obviously, but wanted exemptions from certain things), but it was actually pretty easy to deal with. They just charge you more to get custom terms.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoOperational reasons? They found a compromisable worker was employed there, or they somehow put modifications in IDA making the software compromisable and so not safe for them?