[slug-chat] Re: [SLUG] Trojan binaries - ever spotted for open source?

[Peter Hardy <peterhardy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:25:27PM +1000, John Ryland wrote:
> If you are totally paranoid you'll want to boot-strap your compiler from 
> something you trust written in machine-language before you start to compile a 
> single line of a user program. Ofcourse for complete safety this would also 
> need to be a cross-compile of the compiler because the OS/platform you are on 
> could be tainted.

Of course, the only way to truly be safe is to wrap your computer in
aluminium foil.  That way, the mind-control rays being beamed from the
secret CIA satellite that was placed in orbit near the moon during the
Apollo 13 "mishap" (the only Apollo team to get anywhere _near_ the moon,
btw) won't be able to penetrate and infect it with trojans.

Oh, sorry, wrong meeting :-)

Cheers,
Peter