[nycbug-talk] OpenBSD ipsec FBI backdoor (was: The BSD Connection)

Charles Sprickman spork at bway.net
Wed Dec 15 14:31:51 EST 2010


On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, forest mars wrote:

> BSD, Wikileaks, and now Gregory Perry's revelations are seeing the light of
> day:
>
> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/12/fbi-accused-of-planting-backdoor-in-openbsd-ipsec-stack.ars
>
> Of course this ipsec rabbit hole would seem to go a lot deeper than Julian
> lurking on the NetBSD list...

Well, on the upside we now know what it takes to get Ryan Paul to write a 
story about *BSD.  :)

> cheers,
>
> Forest Mars
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:27 PM, George Rosamond <
> george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:
>
>> Okay, it had to happen sooner or later. . .
>>
>> But apparently there is a pretty significant connection between the BSDs
>> and Wikileaks.
>>
>> http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/?p=443
>>
>>
>
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