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Re: Trojan Source Attacks


From: Michael Orlitzky <michael () orlitzky com>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 14:51:16 -0400

On Tue, 2021-11-02 at 10:05 -0700, David A. Wheeler wrote:

Underhanded code is, I think, significantly different. Instead of being clearly hard to understand,
It’s designed to be (1) easy to understand WRONGLY, (2) look innocent, and
(3) do something malevolent.


I'm reminded also of this attack, where the "source code" is some
command you're supposed to execute via copy/paste:

  http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste





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