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You're assuming that 100% of the source code matters, but most source code has comments. Some has a lot of comments (boilerplate headers). Delete all the commen
by HereBeBeasties 7y ago
You're assuming that 100% of the source code matters, but most source code has comments. Some has a lot of comments (boilerplate headers). Delete all the comments and superfluous whitespace, add nefarious code, put in a comment in the remaining bytes for the sole purpose of causing a hash collision (likely plenty of bytes to play with).
- scoutt 7y agoYes, but... > this new version would have to contain the desired hostile code, still function as a working floppy driver, and not look like an obfuscated C code contest entry It's still plausible that one can pull a trick like that to introduce malicious code into the repo, but improbable.