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Classic Computer Vulnerability Analysis Revisited

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Heh by Eric+Damron · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Funny how you guys bitch about how insecure Windows is .. yet I note with interest that it is not mentioned a single time in this report."

    By now I think it is just understood. :-)

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