--- Vladimir Nesov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Exactly. That's why it can't hack provably correct programs.

Which is useless because you can't write provably correct programs that aren't
extremely simple.  *All* nontrivial properties of programs are undecidable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%27s_theorem

And good luck translating human goals expressed in ambiguous and incomplete
natural language into provably correct formal specifications.

> This race isn't symmetric.

Yes it is, because every security tool can be used by both sides.  Here is one
more example: http://www.virustotal.com/
This would be handy if I wanted to write a virus and make sure it isn't
detected.


-- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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