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Re: if you guys are really worried about a Ken Thompson-style hack in gcc



On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:54:40PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:58:57PM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
> > Finally, use this compiler to build the Debian-patched gcc.  You've
> > eliminated any possible evil that the Debian gcc team might have
> > installed.  Congratulations.
> > 
> *FAR* more efficient to just backdoor the dynamic linker, these days.

That's assuming you can manage to modify the wretched thing without
breaking it entirely. It's really horrible.

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