PGP source code
Charles Lindsey
Charles Lindsey <chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk>
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:11:29 +0100 (BST)
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:50:59 +0100
"Adrian Midgley" <akm@92tr.freeserve.co.uk> said...
> So something that is available as complete source, and compilable with
> a compiler for which the complete source is also avialable, is,
> provided the compiler source does not have a backdoor itself which I
> am unable to spot and nobody else who is able is willing to tell me
> about, is a significantly better bet.
You need to read Ritchie's Turing Award Lecture, describing how to
incorporate such a trojan in a C compiler. I believe he was talking
'tonge in cheek', but who knows?
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PGP: 2C15F1A9 Fingerprint: 73 6D C2 51 93 A0 01 E7 65 E8 64 7E 14 A4 AB A5