At 10:22 p.m. 16/12/2010, Michael R. Rusch wrote:
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Jorge Biquez
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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
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By Doug Barney
Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine
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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>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
<mailto:dbar...@redmondmag.com>dbar...@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>http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=6650089:222349
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Jorge:
I appreciated your willingness to post information about the subject
at hand, however I don't think the mailing list is the correct place
for 'Redmond Magazine' propaganda.
I would also like to point out as of yet, the existence of a
backdoor has yet to be confirmed.
Below are two link you may enjoying reading to update your knowledge
of the matter at hand:
<http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w=2>http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w=2
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.bugtraq/45620
Michael
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Thanks,
Michael Rusch
New York Times
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Hello.
I am sorry. I thought could be of interest... I will follow the
links. Thanks!.
I'm sorry th eintention was not make propaganda to Redmon....
Jorge Biquez
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