Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.comwrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national security and things like that? Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the reason we are in this shithole right now. --patrick
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:19 AM, patrick keshishian pkesh...@gmail.com wrote: Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the reason we are in this shithole right now. You stay classy, misc@
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:19 AM, patrick keshishian pkesh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.comwrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national security and things like that? Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the reason we are in this shithole right now. --patrick The NSA's mandate is to protect American computer systems from attack. It's perfectly reasonable to believe their contributions are honest and legitimate. Note that the NSA's work on DES, which was rumored to have been backdoored by them, actually proved to strengthen it against differential cryptanalysis.
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 03:31:30AM -0500, bsd...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:19 AM, patrick keshishian pkesh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.comwrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national security and things like that? Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the reason we are in this shithole right now. --patrick The NSA's mandate is to protect American computer systems from attack. It's perfectly reasonable to believe their contributions are honest and legitimate. Note that the NSA's work on DES, which was rumored to have been backdoored by them, actually proved to strengthen it against differential cryptanalysis. It has indeed. But it remains unknown if it facilitated another attack. Anyway, could you you all take your affairs to another forum? They are her pretty off-topic. -Otto
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:19 AM, patrick keshishian pkesh...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Felipe Alfaro Solana felipe.alf...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.com wrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national security and things like that? Same reason there exist unconstitutional congressional acts/bills that allow for secret torture prisons, detention of persons without due process, complete bypassing of fouth and sixth amendments, voiding of the Posse Comitatus Act, etc. etc. ... naive voters like you are the reason we are in this shithole right now. I'm neither a US citizen nor a greencard holder, so I'm not a voter in the US (still can be naive, and naiver voter in another country, though).
Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 This story appeared on Network World at http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-nsa-helped-with-windows-7.html http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1uLpIW/www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-nsa-helped-with-windows-7.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2009-11-19/
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 16:59, Bryan bra...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 15:43, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.com wrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 This story appeared on Network World at http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-nsa-helped-with-windows-7.html http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1uLpIW/www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-ns a-helped-with-windows-7.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2009-11-19/ SELinux was developed in cooperation with the NSA. B and OpenBSD did some development under the DARPA umbrella. I understand the hate, but the NSA doesn't need a back door when the front door is unlocked and you have a steak for the dog...
Re: Why I Love Open Source - NSA helped with Windows 7 development
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Obiozor Okeke obiozorok...@yahoo.comwrote: From Network World: NSA helped with Windows 7 development Privacy expert voices 'backdoor' concerns, security researchers dismiss idea By Gregg Keizer , Computerworld , 11/18/2009 Why would NSA need backdoors when they have a front-door via DHS, national security and things like that? This story appeared on Network World at http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-nsa-helped-with-windows-7.html http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1uLpIW/www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111809-nsa-helped-with-windows-7.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2009-11-19/ -- http://www.felipe-alfaro.org/blog/disclaimer/
