Re: FBI accused of planting backdoor in OpenBSD IPSEC stack

[Kevin Shaw <kevin.lee.shaw () gmail com>]

Zate: good point.

I don't think this is flame bait but a valid point to consider when we start
to think that maybe our TLAs are sneakier than we originally imagined.
On Dec 15, 2010 11:09 AM, "Mike Patterson" <mike () snowcrash ca> wrote:
> On 2010/12/15 12:20 PM, Dan McGinn-Combs wrote:
> > Sorry - didn't really intend this to be flame-bait (or any other kind).
>
> Oh, I know. And I didn't intend to flame you. :)
>
> > I do have to hang my head in shame... I used OpenBSD for several years
> > because the system inter-operated so well with Check Point's VPN
> > feature. I only once looked over the source code, and it was a cursory
> > review at that. I wonder if Check Point lifted the code intact.
> > Perhaps I should have grep'ed for "FBI". Or perhaps "Mossad".
>
> Why on earth would you be ashamed of that? Have you read gmail's source
> code? Who has the time to review all source code for all versions of
> any software they've ever used? At a certain point you need to trust.
>
> I think the FBI has a bit more sense than to put their name right in
> though. Try GCJ next time. :-)
>
> Mike
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