[LINK] U.S. Plans for Cyber Warfare

[Auer, Karl James]

> I once heard an 
> address by the author of a widely used C compiler, describing how 
> he'd placed a backdoor (for himself) in such a way that it was 
> impossible to find it by reading the source code; the back door also 
> removed any traces of its presence. I forget exactly how it was done, 
> and can't find a reference to it - can anyone remember the source of 
> this story?

"I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain"...

:-)

Regards, K.

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