Blog post about a talk by Ken Thompson and the original Trusting Trust attack finally released

Orians, Jeremiah (DTMB) OriansJ at michigan.gov
Mon Oct 30 18:10:46 UTC 2023


> Wait, fetching those 357 seed bytes and the needed sources from Guix repository happens to 
> imply some use of external binaries... probably sized at least several megabytes? Then what
>  was the point with Guix being "first", compared to, as you say, Debian?
It is available in printed form if you would like.

> Never mind, the depth of your analysis is not being questioned, not at all.
That would be a bad thing


> It does not matter whether one produces a provably trustable suite of compilers, OS or anything, 
> unless it is done in the only right way
Stilling waiting on your formal proof, builder-hex0 and live-bootstrap speaks for themselves.

> which is the one you shall be allowed to choose.
> Good that you have opened my eyes.
No, that is obviously a bad idea.

-Jeremiah


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