Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:48:42 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: akosela@andykosela.com Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC Message-ID: <4D08B92A.1060902@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <4d08a854.w8rPywliRhHs/MXH%akosela@andykosela.com> References: <4d08a854.w8rPywliRhHs/MXH%akosela@andykosela.com>
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On 12/15/2010 6:36 AM, Andy Kosela wrote: > > Some of you probably already read this: > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2 > > 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. Seems possible. However, not very probable IMHO. As others have said, would the guy really have a 10yr NDA, afterwords which would allow him to post such details ? Seems rather silly on that alone. The further unfortunate thing about this is that any number of potential implementation bugs can now be clouded in conspiracy theory. http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w=2 Hell, if people believe 9/11 was all staged, ipsec backdoors are a no brainer. I can see it now. The next bug that is found in the crypto system or network stack will draw a flood of discussion. "Is this the back door??" Seems to be getting industry reporting too http://napps.networkworld.com/news/2010/121510-former-contractor-says-fbi-put.html?hpg1=bn ---Mike
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