Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler
Posted on October 25, 2023
| Loren Kohnfelder
In the Afterword of my book I mention Ken Thompson’s classic “Trusting Trust” paper showing how to embed a backdoor into an OS by compiling the compiler such that the modification is invisible in source code.
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Japanese translation is on sale
Posted on August 15, 2023
| Loren Kohnfelder
8月18日、新刊『セキュアなソフトウェアの設計と開発』を発刊
The Japanese translation of my book goes on sale this week. This is particularly rewarding for me because I lived and worked there for about ten years and speak the language well enough to read the text (but nowhere near ability write at a publishable level of quality).
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On the Signature Reblocking Problem in Public Key Cryptosystems
Posted on May 30, 2023
| Loren Kohnfelder
In Chapter 5 of the book I write about my good fortunate meeting two of the RSA algorithm inventors at MIT, and collaborating with them.
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Bard likes my book
Posted on May 16, 2023
| Loren Kohnfelder
I was surprised that Bard has read my book, or at least claims to have. Here’s our conversation about it, word for word: it’s a good overview.
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Polish translation is on sale
Posted on May 5, 2023
| Loren Kohnfelder
Wspaniale jest widzieć, że ukazało się polskie tłumaczenie mojej książki o bezpieczeństwie oprogramowania. (It’s great to see that the Polish translation of my book on software security is out.
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Epigrams in the book
Posted on January 2, 2022
| Loren Kohnfelder
I like clever sayings and wise proverbs, the shorter the better, so I wanted to work a number of them into the book.
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Book on sale tomorrow
Posted on December 21, 2021
| Loren Kohnfelder
Finally my software security book is available for general sale tomorrow (December 21, 2021). Recent events such as the Log4j vulnerability demonstrate that our work is far from over (and the latest Microsoft security update lists 35 CVE).
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