From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 03:58:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23CED1065672 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:58:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbiquez@intranet.com.mx) Received: from intranet.com.mx (intranet.com.mx [200.33.246.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFBFE8FC0A for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from PC2.intranet.com.mx (189.191.41.102) by intranet.com.mx with ESMTP (EIMS X 3.3.9) for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:00:32 -0600 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:58:02 -0600 To: FreeBSD From: Jorge Biquez Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-ID: <3375403234-437633920@intranet.com.mx> Subject: Not affecting exactly FreeBSD but OpenBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:58:46 -0000 Hello all. I found this interesting and wanted to share it here..... I guess it has to do with a recently thread here.... Jorge Biquez -------------------------- By Doug Barney Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine dbarney@redmondmag.com FBI: THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INSTALLATION If WikiLeaks taught us anything, it's that our government (heck, pretty much all governments) does a lot of things behind our backs. Some of this is necessary and justified, and some seems just stupid and sometimes evil. Now an ex-consultant for the FBI says a decade ago the bureau modified OpenBSD (you can do that since it is open source). It didn't improve security or performance. Nah, the feds installed a backdoor so it could spy on U.S. attorneys who used the OS. http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=6650088:222349 The charges, made by Greg Perry, were denounced by an OpenBSD developer as poppycock. This is a bit different from WikiLeaks as Perry claims his charges were meant to be private and to serve as notice to get the OpenBSD code fully audited. It will, I think, take an audit to get the bottom of this fiasco. Do you trust our key pieces of software or suspect manipulation? Send your opinions to dbarney@redmondmag.com. We only publish first names so you needn't fear retribution. To comment, go here: http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=6650089:222349