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kansface on Jan 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: A word on cryptography

You can't trust any code for which you can't review the source. Even so, you can't trust its interpreter/compiler without verifying its source and the compiler that compiled it. This includes your OS of course. One would probably also want to verify hardware level exploits too.

jy-p on Jan 23, 2013 [–]

well, he's talking about software, so getting into hardware exploits is a bit out-of-scope.

that's not to say you shouldn't be worried either your silicon or NIC firmware are compromised ;)

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