From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 15 14:54:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFADB1065675 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:54:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfarmer@predatorlabs.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f172.google.com (mail-gx0-f172.google.com [209.85.161.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8631A8FC16 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:54:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1553150gxk.17 for ; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:54:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.215.2 with SMTP id n2mr10144512ybg.55.1292423180197; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:26:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.59.69 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:26:20 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [128.95.133.99] In-Reply-To: <4d08a854.w8rPywliRhHs/MXH%akosela@andykosela.com> References: <4d08a854.w8rPywliRhHs/MXH%akosela@andykosela.com> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:26:20 -0800 Message-ID: From: Rob Farmer To: akosela@andykosela.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:54:44 -0000 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 03:36, Andy Kosela wrote: > > Some of you probably already read this: > > =A0http://marc.info/?l=3Dopenbsd-tech&m=3D129236621626462&w=3D2 > > Interesting...I wonder what is the impact of all this on FreeBSD code. > We may very well suppose that any government or corporation funded code > can theoretically have some kind of backdoor inside. If his allegations are correct, they should be easy to verify. He could post a copy of the NDA and a Freedom of Information Act request could be submitted to verify it. If, as claimed, the NDA expired and this can be discussed freely by the general public, then they would not be able to deny the request. --=20 Rob Farmer