Re: Gödel and kernel backdoors

[Giuseppe Fuggiano <giuseppe.fuggiano () gmail com>]

On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 22:51 +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> http://plus.maths.org/content/goumldel-and-limits-logic
> Gödel and the limits of logic
>
> Quote:
>
> Another result that derives from Gödel's ideas is the demonstration that
> no  program that does not alter a computer's operating system can detect
> all programs that do. In other words, no program can find all the
> viruses on your computer, unless it interferes with *and alters* the operating system.

Interesting, especially because actually Antiviruses do alter my
operating system, usually making it unstable.  That's why I don't use
them.

Giuseppe.


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