more on malicious hardware

[Allen]

Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> It turns out that the counterfeit chips business is booming:
> 
> http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401126
> 
> In combination with the news about what as few as 1500 extra gates can
> do, this is especially worrisome.

So when do the contests start by adventuresome minds to see how 
*few* gates are needed to compromise a chip's security much like 
the self replicating code referenced by Ken Thompson in his paper?

Best,

Allen

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