full-disclosure - Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC

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Message-ID: <AF07A3D03A1E3B6177C88623@utd71538.local>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:32:47 -0600
From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@...rr.com>
To: bugs@....dhs.org, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC

--On December 14, 2010 8:40:14 PM -0500 bugs@....dhs.org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone read this yet?
>
> http://www.downspout.org/?q=node/3
>
> Seems IPSEC might have a back door written into it by the FBI?
>

So for 10 years IPSEC has had a backdoor in it and not one person examining 
the code has noticed it?  Or even questioned it?  That's a bit hard to 
believe.  It's along the same lines as the stories that Microsoft captures 
all your packets and harvests your personal information.

Read The Cathedral and The Bazaar.

-- 
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell

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