Re: Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC

["Aldis Berjoza" <aldis () bsdroot lv>]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:55:39 -0800 bk <chort0 () gmail com> wrote

> I call bullshit on all the people claiming this couldn't possibly have
> existed because "anyone can read the source."  How many of you understand
> crypto.  OK, now how many of you _actually_ understand crypto?  And of those,
> how many look at *BSD?
>
> There have been plenty of recent examples of Open Source projects that have
> had undetected security flaws for multiple years.  It's not difficult to
> believe a relatively uncommon OS could have a subtle weakness in a
> difficult-to-understand part of the code.


A good example of old (Even ancient) bug:
Link http://www.osnews.com/story/19731/The-25-Year-Old-UNIX-Bug

--
Aldis Berjoza


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