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It sounds like an oxymoron. Given the meaning of hacking today it seems a computer by definition is hackable - if you can't hack it what's the point? There's surely some mathematical way to prove that the usefulness of a computing system declines in proportion to it's hackability, such that the least hackable system resembles more or less a rock.



Eh? It's about ensuring that a program running on the computer cannot be altered or compromised in order to run unintended code.


Wouldn't abandoning the von Neumann architecture do this immediately? Store the code and data in separate memories. I'd think that would take out most all exploits in one strike, no?


It appears that they don't want any sacrifices..just a system to run existing code on top of. But yes, you are correct.


They talk about this in the article:

> DARPA’s stated goal of “hack resistance” appears to hedge a bit on whether truly unhackable hardware is achievable.




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