Gentoo desktop?

[Dave Germiquet]

I read it, but how could something like this happen nowadays?

Don't a hundred eyes see the same code all the time because of "Open
Source" or is the safety of open source an illusion?

Because for example a linux made of millions and millions of lines of
code so there could be hacks in any of them


On Jan 15, 2008 9:03 PM, Mel Wilson <mwilson-4YeSL8/OYKRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> [ ... ]
> > And where do you get the compiler you used to compile everything?  You
> > have to have a bootstrap compiler at some point, and people have made
> > hidden tings in compilers that could pass on to the next compiler built,
> > although whether such things have ever left the research lab or gone
> > beynd proof of concept I am not sure.  I kind of hope not.
>
> See <http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html>
>
> IIRC Thompson confirmed that he had released his Trojan, to a limited
> audience.  I can't find the confirming post that I think I remember
> seeing.
>
>         Mel.
>
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