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Ken thompson's compiler hack [duplicate]
I have gone through ken thompson's compiler hack paper, can't we just go through the complier's source code and check for any backdoor, what was the article's point? https://www.archive.ece.cmu.edu/~...
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Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat?
Ken Thompson Hack (1984) Ken Thompson outlined a method for corrupting a compiler binary (and other compiled software, like a login script on a *nix system) in 1984. I was curious to know if modern ...
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Is this possible to re-duplicate the hardware signal on Linux?
Since that every things is a file on the UNIX system. If I have a hardware, for example, a mouse, move from left corner to right corner, it should produce some kinds of file to communicate with the ...
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