XPost: alt.privacy, comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc, alt.comp.lang.pascal   
   From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2009-08-23, anonymous  wrote:   
   >> only read the famous 1984 paper, "Reflections on Trusting Trust" by the   
   >> also-famous Ken Thompson.  It's been known for 25 years that a suborned   
   >> compiler can infect what it compiles - Ken even provided proof-of-concept   
   >> code.   
   >   
   > 'It's been known for 25 years...'. Yes, but is it old news that a   
   > virus is CURRENTLY inside of some Delphi compilers?   
      
   ... and in the wild.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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