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Article #621906Re: Famous paper on security and source code from the '60s or '70s
From: Bob Eager
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:12
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:12
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:29:02 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote: > 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...) Strange. The ACM link worked for me. I am an ACM member, but I didn't log in and it clearly showed that I wasn't logged in. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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