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Re: Obfuscation = cryptography?

From: "Nick FitzGerald" <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:48:23 +1300

Valdis wrote:

2) The debugging hit.  It's hard enough to figure out why software crapped
out - this would make it even harder.


Tsk, tsk...

They will implement a provably correct VM so that the obfuscation layer 
can necessarily be disregarded!

You know, like Sun did with Java...

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Also, it strikes me that their claims probably equate to claiming to 
have solved the Halting Problem -- a much more significant result I'd 
have thought...



Regards,

Nick FitzGerald


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