In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, dpaton wrote:

I actually dislike back doors if there isn't a strong argument for them (remote firmware updating or diagnostics are a good example, but they're usually handled with a little more finesse than a simple backdoor). They offer no increase in functionality, and generally compromise security and reliability. I have the same opinion about dummy hardware, and I do it at work is because the customer pays for it, and because obfuscation is fundamentally different from a secret set of hooks or a hidden API. My own projects are clean, simple and unencumbered. Occam's Razor applies here very well.

Then again, I don't do the kinds of things our customers do. ;-)

-dave

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