[ale] ntsecurity.nu - questions Linux backdoors

[Joseph Andrew Knapka]

Actually the voting archive at http://www.ntsecurity.nu was
-very- interesting reading. I found this poll particularly
entertaining:

> Question: Do you think that a serious security evaluation of a
> web application has to involve source code review?
> 
>     yes   89% 
>     no   7% 
>     not sure   4% 
> 
> 175 participants total. 

I wonder if anyone at M$ reads this stuff?

Cheers,

-- Joe

Steve Long wrote:
> 
> Check the archives.  At least these people are convinced (88%) that M$ has
> put backdoors in.
> 
> I'm curious about the 8% who said there were none in M$ O/S's and the 3% who
> weren't sure!
> 
> We need to do a lot more education on what open source means!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Andrew Knapka" <jknapka at earthlink.net>
> To: "Wandered Inn" <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
> Cc: "ALE" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] ntsecurity.nu - questions Linux backdoors
> 
> > Wandered Inn wrote:
> > >
> > > A M$ shill site that asks if you think there are intentional backdoors
> > > in Linux.
> > > Get the word out and vote. :)
> > >
> > > > http://www.ntsecurity.nu
> >
> > Hmm. So 62% of Windog drones who have no clue believe
> > (without having bothered to check, which they actually
> > could with Linux, unlike Windog) that there are
> > intentional backdoors in Linux. Is this meaningful
> > or what?
> >
> > (I voted "No", BTW :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > # Joe Knapka
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> > #  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
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# Joe Knapka
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#  gorges? You can't MOVE for remote castles!" - Lu Tze re. Uberwald
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