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Thanks for this! I found this URL in the thread very interesting!

https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html



It is an excellent technical write-up and yet again another testimonial to the importance of keeping things simple.


The other comments here showing that the backdoor was a long-term effort now make me wonder just how long of an effort it was...




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