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Article #621903Re: Famous paper on security and source code from the '60s or '70s
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:29
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:29
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On 4/17/2018 3:42 AM, 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. > Here is the "... Trusting Trust" paper in pdf form; one where you do *not* have to be a member of the ACM to download. https://www.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/712.fall02/papers/p761-thompson.pdf (I hope it is complete...) -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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