I think even the NSA would be well aware that, though they may have the
best cryptoanalysts around, they would not have many of the best Linux
gurus around, and that they would also be well aware of the sceptism of
the Linux community in general Hence they would be highly unlikely to
include backdoors into the code, well knowing that the best Linux gurus
will be applying the fine tooth comb to the code, just looking for
precisely such inclusions.
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Howard.
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On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, Dion Curchin wrote:
> >
> > Possibilities -- They really are interested in assisting and using the
> > Linux community to help evolve highly secure OS technologies for
> > themselves primarily and the rest of the community as a public relations
> > gain. With other forms of eaves dropping available and the fact that most
> > of the uses for such stuff would be in the server world rather than the
> > user space, coupled with very insecure windows products on the majority of
> > the worlds user platforms they may have enough other ways of getting at
> > targeted data.
> >
> > -- They do want to produce a land of 'back doors'
> > and by offering up the source code, believe that those doors are hidden
> > well enough from even the most skilled of the linux community. Or the
> > 'back doors' have been built subtly enough so that should they be noticed
> > it will look like accidents/bad programming offering them the face saving
> > option of saying 'oops must have been a mistake by one of our junior
> > programmers'.
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