Re: Challenge to TCPA/Palladium detractors
-- On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Matt Crawford wrote:
Unless the application author can predict the exact output of the compilers, he can't issue a signature on the object code. The
On 9 Aug 2002 at 10:48, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Same version of compiler on same source using same build produces identical binaries.
This has not been my experience. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG vP+cB8hTnaqPfAtiGlYdo9QuJCpq884ER6Mo+F9m 2SkruXvZexqOoTAk6QuWuruF5x4fT0Rq4v/YSxLAt
"James A. Donald" wrote:
-- On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Matt Crawford wrote:
Unless the application author can predict the exact output of the compilers, he can't issue a signature on the object code. The
On 9 Aug 2002 at 10:48, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Same version of compiler on same source using same build produces identical binaries.
This has not been my experience.
Nor anyone else's If only because the exact image you depends on a hell of a lot of programs & libraries. Does anyone expect /Microsoft/ of all software suppliers to provide consistent versioning and reproducible or predictable software environments? These are the people who brought us "DLL Hell". These are the people who fell into the MDAC versioning fiasco. Ken
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