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Reflections on Trusting Trust (1984) [pdf] (cmu.edu)
4 points by declanhaigh on May 7, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



One way to reestablish trust would be if one could guarantee that a toolchain were fully homomorphic. Optimization would then be lost, but presumably this would only have to occur at a single stage in a bootstrap to avoid the attack.




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