Re: To Jonathan [backdoor]

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 00:56 +0300, Anton Tagunov wrote:
> A> Jonathan if you could build an utmostly secure OS
> A> yet having an inspection "backdoor" what would you do?
> 
> J> Without any hesitation whatsoever I would leave out the back door.
> J> The problem with a back door is that it will not be used for emergency
> J> purposes. It will be used primarily by everyday administrators and
> J> companies for improper purposes.
> 
> Very good point. Let me think for a while.
> I want to imagine a back door that shall be not be abused.
> Can we design one? Please let us not be fast to judge.

People have been trying to do that since the first multiuser computer.
No sign of hope so far.

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