Re: Famous paper on security and source code from the '60s or '70s

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From: Bob Eager
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:04

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On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:42:57 -0700, Fustbariclation wrote:

> Famous paper on security and source code from the '60s or '70s
> 
> I have been looking, again, for a paper. Unfortunately, I don't recall
> who wrote it, but it was one of the famous figures in computer science -
> von Neumann or Knuth, perhaps.
> 
> The paper gives a simple demonstration of the difficulty of finding a
> trapdoor in object code. It's an early pointer to the vital importance
> of open source.
> 
> I'd be grateful if anybody can give the URL of the .pdf of the paper.

I am not sure if you are thinking of this, because you *could* find the 
trapdoor in the object code - but not in the source. It's very 
interesting, anyway.

 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=358210

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