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

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From: Fustbariclation
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:42

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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.

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