Date: 15 May 2002 22:52:52 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd@penguinpowered.org.uk> To: VB <swive@getnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: national securiity backdoor in FreeBSD. Message-ID: <m23cwt81mj.fsf_-_@set.home.penguinpowered.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20020515120552.G2674@sunny.localdomain> References: <3CE295EC.6030603@cogeco.ca> <20020515181558.GA38769@mooseriver.com> <20020515120552.G2674@sunny.localdomain>
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VB <swive@getnet.com> writes: > > > > Dude, > > > > You have been watching too many episodes of the X-files. > > Is anyone able to demonstrate whether this guy is a crackpot by relying on > evidence, reasoning and persuasion, or are we only shooting for the emotive > force that comes from wisecracks? I would have to say the whole make world process qualifies as a reaon this wouldn't work. Most FreeBSD machines only have most of their files installed from binary packages for a short time. The first time you cvsup and make world, the binary is replaced with a binary created from verifiable source on your machine. Seems like a hell of a lot of effort for the NSA to go through for that few brief moments of binary life. Oh, and then there is his website. So yeah, we're assuming crackpot. -- - Wayne Pascoe - http://www.penguinpowered.org.uk/wayne/ God gave you the power - Preacher on the Simpsons Hmm. You'd think he'd wanna... limit my power - Bart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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