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Date:      Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:00:31 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Microsoft Now OpenBSD Foundation Gold Contributor
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Hi,

On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:03:24 -0400
Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:25:47 -0500 (CDT), Valeri Galtsev stated:
> 
> > On Fri, July 10, 2015 11:48 am, Mike wrote:
> > > On 7/10/2015 12:43 PM, Carmel NY wrote:
> > >> I wonder why they choose OpenBSD over FreeBSD?
> > >>
> > >> http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150708134520&mode=expanded&count=27
> > >
> > > Probably is related to:
> > >
> > > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150603090420
> > 
> > With all my scepticism I would more consider that as an excuse,
> > implying the reason may be something like this:
> > 
> > http://slashdot.org/story/10/12/15/004235/FBI-Alleged-To-Have-Backdoored-OpenBSDs-IPSEC-Stack
> > 
> > (I didn't say exactly this, I said something like this...) So, I'm
> > actually quite happy they didn't choose FreeBSD ;-)
> 
> 
> Sorry but that is impossible. Many eyes makes FOSS software
> invulnerable to this sort of attack? Or, at least that is what fools
> like to believe. Say any lie enough times and some moron will believe
> it.
> 
impossible? I doubt it. But it is impossible with money alone. So, why
bother, be happy for the project.

If Microsoft would like to infiltrate they would use a guy name Erich
who provides small, small patches nobody suspects, which will be
integrated over time and finally make the backdoor work.

Does here anybody believe that NSA hacks something with an NSA IP
address?

Erich



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