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Ken Thompson's compiler back-door

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by: Scott Lurndal - Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:52 UTC

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by: Julieta Shem - Sat, 2 Dec 2023 17:06 UTC

On 2023-10-30 12:52, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Interesting reproduction of Ken's 1975 compiler hack:
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> https://research.swtch.com/nih

Thank you for sharing and keeping the USENET spirit alive! Great stuff.

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by: Phil Hobbs - Sat, 2 Dec 2023 19:51 UTC

Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
> On 2023-10-30 12:52, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Interesting reproduction of Ken's 1975 compiler hack:
>>
>> https://research.swtch.com/nih
>
> Thank you for sharing and keeping the USENET spirit alive! Great stuff.
>

Dunno if the Usenet spirit is one of the ones wearing red tights, but the
self-perpetuating compiler pwn is still the stuff of nightmares. :(

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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by: Chris M. Thomasson - Sat, 2 Dec 2023 20:44 UTC

On 12/2/2023 11:51 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
> Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>> On 2023-10-30 12:52, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Interesting reproduction of Ken's 1975 compiler hack:
>>>
>>> https://research.swtch.com/nih
>>
>> Thank you for sharing and keeping the USENET spirit alive! Great stuff.
>>
>
> Dunno if the Usenet spirit is one of the ones wearing red tights, but the
> self-perpetuating compiler pwn is still the stuff of nightmares. :(

Quines as fractals, perhaps "slightly" altered quines, batches of them?
Scary. Fwiw, I have heard of viruses lurking around in source code before...

Subject	Author
Ken Thompson's compiler back-door	Scott Lurndal
Re: Ken Thompson's compiler back-door	Julieta Shem
Re: Ken Thompson's compiler back-door	Phil Hobbs
Re: Ken Thompson's compiler back-door	Chris M. Thomasson