Re: Packages removed from frozen
On Feb 10, Tyson Dowd wrote:
> I have plenty of background in compilers, and I can tell you that the
> story you are almost certainly referring to (C compiler that inserts
> code into login.c, and then into the C compiler when being recompiled)
> was ficticious. It was a story. Very well told to make it seem very
> real.
>From the Jargon File:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/back-door.html
A reprint of the actual article in question:
http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/
Now, whether you believe these sources is up to you.
Chris
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