Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backdoors into computer systems was Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-23 Thread doug livesey
Is this like what was reported with the Delphi compiler recently? 2009/10/23 > Daniel Drummond: > > This reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago, > > [snip ken's evil compiler story] > > I had a paper related to that ("On Trusting Trust") somewhere ... > rummage rummage ... ah, here we go.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Backdoors into computer systems was Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-23 Thread jim.cameron
Daniel Drummond: > This reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago, [snip ken's evil compiler story] I had a paper related to that ("On Trusting Trust") somewhere ... rummage rummage ... ah, here we go. "Countering Trusting Trust through diverse double-compiling", David A. Wheeler. http://www.

[ubuntu-uk] Backdoors into computer systems was Ubuntu on the BBC!!!

2009-10-22 Thread Daniel Drummond
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 23:43 +0100, David King wrote: > Although I have no hard evidence, it was years ago that I heard about > the US govt/FBI having a backdoor into Windows, and that all antivirus > software by law cannot be allowed to detect what the FBI, etc., put onto > people's computers.