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Article #189512Re: Backdoor rumor
From: Nick Dokos
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 20:06
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 1991 20:06
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In article <9101251838.AA12154@geech.ai.mit.edu>, jym@AI.MIT.EDU (Jym Dyer) writes: |> ___ |> __ Think how silly this rumor is. GNU Emacs is distributed with |> _ source. If there was a backdoor, it would be discovered right |> away. |> ___ |> __ There is no greater security than having the source! |> _ <_Jym_> When Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie were awarded the ACM Turing award, they of course gave speeches (published in the CACM). Ken Thompson's speech, in addition to being great fun, points out that having the source is certainly not enough to protect you from Trojan horses. -- Nick Dokos (nick@osf.org) Systems Engineering OSF
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,f9625cb2bdcc701c X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-01-31 15:19:27 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!fauern!sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!think.com!paperboy!osf.org!nick From: nick@osf.org (Nick Dokos) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: Backdoor rumor Message-ID: <1991Jan31.150657@osf.org> Date: 31 Jan 91 20:06:57 GMT References: <9101251838.AA12154@geech.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Reply-To: nick@osf.org (Nick Dokos) Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 19