Re: Cryptome Hacked!

[Ian Eyberg <eyberg () umr edu>]

greets-
  John Young an extremist? How about an educated and willing advocate of freedom of speech. Also, I have a hard time 
belieivng that you can hold such a title as 
Systems Administrator, Facility Security Officer without knowing several very good methods of ensuring integrity of 
software--or are you just holding an informal 
sign saying you deleted the files?

-cyn0n

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> Cryptome.org, a site for privacy enthusiasts and leftists alike, was
> apparently hacked today.  Their server is up but "all files were
> deleted".  Besides the usual anti-American/anti-government vitriol that
> is usually found at Cryptome.org, they also distribute crypto software.
> This brings up the following question: What is the best method for
> ensuring the integrity of software which require a high level of trust?
> I am almost sure that any crypto software distributed by such extremists
> as John Young (operator of cryptome.org) has been tampered with in some
> way.  Does anybody else share this opinion? 
>
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