Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC

[Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists () tx rr com>]

--On December 14, 2010 8:40:14 PM -0500 bugs () fbi dhs org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone read this yet?
>
> http://www.downspout.org/?q=node/3
>
> Seems IPSEC might have a back door written into it by the FBI?

So for 10 years IPSEC has had a backdoor in it and not one person examining 
the code has noticed it?  Or even questioned it?  That's a bit hard to 
believe.  It's along the same lines as the stories that Microsoft captures 
all your packets and harvests your personal information.

Read The Cathedral and The Bazaar.

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