[ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu (Watson, Keith)]

It has been alleged that the FBI had backdoors put into OpenBSD IPSEC. If this is true it could be viewed as a blow to open source. Then again it might not. The way I see it, if the FBI used their influence to get a backdoor put in closed source software we would not be able to verify it; at least with opens source we can.

FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC
http://www.osnews.com/story/24136/_FBI_Added_Secret_Backdoors_to_OpenBSD_IPSEC_


FBI back door in IPSec implementation of OpenBSD?
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/FBI-back-door-in-IPSec-implementation-of-OpenBSD-1153297.html

http://preview.tinyurl.com/277eyws



keith

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