NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center

NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-08-08

Declaring hidden malware to be "a growing threat," the National Security Agency's cybersecurity chief is calling on Congress to fund a new National Software Assurance Center dedicated to developing advanced techniques for detecting backdoors and logic bombs in large software applications.

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Anonymous (5 replies)

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mugsby

isn't this what checksums are for? , how many people could be found that COULD audit code for security anyways.

interesting idea but not likly to ever happen

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