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One of my favorite Ken Thompson hacks is one where he demonstrated how a backdoor could be introduced into a compiler in such a way that it would be difficult t
by kyledrake 1y ago
One of my favorite Ken Thompson hacks is one where he demonstrated how a backdoor could be introduced into a compiler in such a way that it would be difficult to notice https://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack https://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack
- tizio13 1y agoFor those interested, LaurieWired recently published a video about this very thing. https://youtu.be/Fu3laL5VYdM https://youtu.be/Fu3laL5VYdM
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- gbacon 1y agoSee also his Turing Award lecture “Reflections on Trusting Trust.” https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...