Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 14:18:18 +0200 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com> Cc: cjc26@cornell.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (fwd) CNN - Crypto expert: Microsoft products leave door opento NSA - September 3, 1999 (fwd) Message-ID: <37D25F8A.8C9B303E@nisser.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909041329340.872-100000@acp.qiv.com>
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Jay Nelson wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 cjc26@cornell.edu wrote: > > >What was it that the CEO of Sun said? "You already don't have any > >privacy, so get over it"? > > Not completely true, yet. Has anyone considered the very real > possiblity that open source software is likely to be one of the next > targets of our boys in black? After all, there are only two threats > they still face. Secure communication is one. They seem to have closed > all communication holes except open source. So? Even if they did, it wouldn't likely be by way of hidden source patches, now would it? Way easier to just change some laws and make heavy duty encription illegal. In fact, they already have. With the Wassenaar agreement most countries have agreed to limit the encryption level allowed. Since Canada also signed said agreement, or so I believe, it ought to be just a matter of time before OpenBSD has to relocate to a more encryption friendly country <g>. The thing with Mirosoft's NT and other proprietory OS's is that the source is not available for inspection. Who knows what, uhm, demons <g> lurk in their shadier corners? And to whose benefit or what purpose? Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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