☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agoIs Germany Looking to Put a Backdoor into Arch Linux?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down16
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkIs Germany Looking to Put a Backdoor into Arch Linux?www.youtube.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareCollatz_problem [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe compiler can introduce vulnerabilities only on some specific instructions, although it makes it difficult to propagate it further to new compilers.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoGood point, verifying a disassembled binary wouldn’t exhaustively prove the compiler is safe.
The compiler can introduce vulnerabilities only on some specific instructions, although it makes it difficult to propagate it further to new compilers.
Good point, verifying a disassembled binary wouldn’t exhaustively prove the compiler is safe.