Re: Uncovering the secrets of SE Linux

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Forwarded by: Larry Loeb <larryloeb () prodigy net>

On 3/12/01 1:49 PM, "James Goldston" <jgoldston () sses net> wrote:

> Hmmm.  I'm guessing Mr. Loeb is a writer and not a security practitioner,
> because a practitioner wouldn't be so quick to vet the Agency's (or
> anyone's) source code.

I don?t vet it, I try to dissect it.
The second part of the article will show more of this.

> However, proving the absence of
> malicious software is beyond our capabilities except for the smallest code
> fragments.

I stand by my statement. I has a packet sniffer going, and when I opened the
distribution file nothing popped out and tried to log onto something I
didn?t authorize.

Best,
Larry Loeb

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