Thus spake Poul-Henning Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Terry Lambert writes: > >Matthew Emmerton wrote: > >> > There is a backdoor in all versions of FreeBSD that are not compiled > >> > from source code within portmapper and telnetd. > >> > >> Hmm. Let's check out this logic. The binaries that ship on the FreeBSD > >> distros are compiled from source. When I upgrade my system, I compile from > >> source. And the backdoor only exists in binaries that are not compiled from > >> source. So where do these binaries-with-no-source come from? Oh, I know! > >> Carnivore detects FreeBSD ISO downloads, and tells the Magic Lantern > >> software on my ISP's servers to change the binaries inside the ISO images > >> that I FTP. Makes perfect sense! > > > >Bell Systems Technical Journal, July-August 1978, "On the Security > >of UNIX.", D. M. Ritchie. > > > >They hacked the compiler to hack the passwd program when it was > >being compiled, and also to hack the compiler to include hacks > >to the compiler and the passwd program when the compiler itself > >was being compiled. > > Sigh. > > Wrong reference. > > That was from Brians ACM Turning award thankyou-presentation.
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