Classic Computer Vulnerability Analysis Revisited

redtail writes "The original authors of the classic vulnerability analysis of Multics have revisited the lessons learned almost thirty years later. Their new paper, along with the original vulnerability analysis is published here by IBM. The original vulnerability analysis inspired the self-inserting compiler back door described by Ken Thompson in his Turing Award Lecture. "

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Greek cosmology

[Latent Heat]

C'mon, everyone with any education in the classical world knew the Earth to be a sphere. The controversy was about not having Earth at the center of things -- you know, the Copernican/Galilean/Keplerian cosmology.

Re:The earth is round.

[Smelslykfish]

You shouldn't believe everything the teach you in school.