Posted Oct 3, 2008 9:56 UTC (Fri) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
Parent article: Plugging into GCC
What about the classic and (in)famous login backdoor perpetrated by Ken Thomson?
I envision security paranoidsexperts having terrible nightmares about that.
Posted Oct 3, 2008 17:48 UTC (Fri) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989)
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What is the point of fearing that which is effectively beyond control?
Plugging into GCC
Posted Oct 6, 2008 18:03 UTC (Mon) by AJWM (guest, #15888)
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Fear is useful in motivating one (or a group) to evaluate whether the thing really is beyond one's (their) control, and may prompt imaginative solutions. Fear (not panic) helps focus the attention.
Sure, if it is determined that the thing is beyond control, fear serves no further purpose.
Plugging into GCC
Posted Oct 10, 2008 6:34 UTC (Fri) by stuart2048 (subscriber, #6241)
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Does anyone know what his special login/password was?