Classic Computer Vulnerability Analysis Revisited

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Classic Computer Vulnerability Analysis Revisited

Posted by timothy on Monday September 9, 2002 @07:38AM from the mr-potatohead-mr-potatohead dept.

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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I am not first but, by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hello FP'ers!!
Jesus Broke Slashdot! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 07:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Cause all the GNU hippies worship the *BSD Demon, and have long untrimmed hair!!

Jesus chooses WinXP Personal Addition. *nix is the work of SATAN!
Re:Uhhh... Multics?! Yeah, there's a lesson there. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 08:13 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Shoot the academics if they dare set foot off campus

Are you uneducated or just dumb?
Re:The earth is round. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 08:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Reading comprehension is important, please read again paying special attention to the note I gave for those who wished to focus on the exact point you did.
Greek cosmology by Latent+Heat · 2002-09-09 08:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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:Heh by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 08:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

HA-ha!
Re:Uhhh... Multics?! Yeah, there's a lesson there. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 08:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Sounds to me like someone with very practical survival skills.
Check the heatsinks by xagon7 · 2002-09-09 08:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Could also possibly be sometihng contacting these hot suckers. (CPU, the compound used?)

Did you remember to take the strip off the heatsink when installing it if required?

It could also possible (and hopefully) be the power supply. In fact I would argue you to look there first as it would also be the most inexpensive solution, and a more probable cause than the motherboard emitting odors.
Re:The earth is round. by Smelslykfish · 2002-09-09 08:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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If it smells like fish....
Re:The earth is round. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 08:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You misunderstand, the point is not a defense of faith, but rather the idiocy of the mobacrocy that Slashdot has evolved into. A post based on two things 1. Christians are idiots and the supporting 2. the Bible says the world is flat to back up point 1 was given a +3.

This merely refutes point 2, which may not refute point 1, but one that makes the +3 a joke. A claim based on manufactured evidence is not a +3 insightful comment, is it?
Re:I hate pdf by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-09 09:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Excellent points. I have an account with moderation points -- if one of you karma hounds wants to cut and paste article here I will mod you up, or mod down the person of your choosing, just specify in the post.