[ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC

[Chuck Payne]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Charles Shapiro
<hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
> The latest news is that this is unlikely.  Here's one response from
> one of the alleged perpetrators.
>
> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129244045916861&w=2
>
>
> -- CHS
>
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM, wes smith <james007wjs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:30:49 +0000
>>> From: "Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu>
>>> Subject: [ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC
>>> To: "ale at ale.org" <ale at ale.org>
>>> Message-ID:
>>>        <11DD49657FFC7C46B4095CF32FFACCEC2D8261BA at aeatlgtrmbx01.gtri.ext>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>
>>> It has been alleged that the FBI had backdoors put into OpenBSD IPSEC. If
>>> this is true it could be viewed as a blow to open source. Then again it
>>> might not. The way I see it, if the FBI used their influence to get a
>>> backdoor put in closed source software we would not be able to verify it; at
>>> least with opens source we can.
>>>
>>> FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC
>>>
>>> http://www.osnews.com/story/24136/_FBI_Added_Secret_Backdoors_to_OpenBSD_IPSEC_
>>>
>>>
>>> FBI back door in IPSec implementation of OpenBSD?
>>>
>>> http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/FBI-back-door-in-IPSec-implementation-of-OpenBSD-1153297.html
>>>
>>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/277eyws
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> keith
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
>>> Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
>>> keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>>> (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Welcome to FUDville
>> the ability to sniff != backdoor
>> Open or closed source crypto is specialized and few understand what's going
>> on.  It doesn't blow holes in open source, just shows that a select few
>> comprehend crypto.  He used it to his advantage.
>>
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Proof is in the pudding.

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