On Oct 17, 2013, at 14:43 , Mark Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
>> your OS may be an opaque component... mine isn't >> and that's true for an increasing number of users. >> > Of course, I know this. As noted above, my whole statement here was only > about the case of users of proprietary systems. I address other users below. actually, I seriously doubt that anyone here wrote their own compiler, in assembly, and from scratch, or knows the complete details of the chips they use, let alone have read every line of code that is in their O/S. <http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html> "No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code." not that it is terribly relevant, mind you. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
