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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:30:49 +0000<br>
From: "Watson, Keith" <<a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a>><br>
Subject: [ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC<br>
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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.<br>
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FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC<br>
<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/24136/_FBI_Added_Secret_Backdoors_to_OpenBSD_IPSEC_" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story/24136/_FBI_Added_Secret_Backdoors_to_OpenBSD_IPSEC_</a><br>
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FBI back door in IPSec implementation of OpenBSD?<br>
<a href="http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/FBI-back-door-in-IPSec-implementation-of-OpenBSD-1153297.html" target="_blank">http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/FBI-back-door-in-IPSec-implementation-of-OpenBSD-1153297.html</a><br>
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<a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/277eyws" target="_blank">http://preview.tinyurl.com/277eyws</a><br>
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Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
Systems Support Specialist IV College of Computing<br>
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<br></blockquote><div><br>Welcome to FUDville<br>the ability to sniff != backdoor<br>Open or closed source crypto is specialized and few understand what's going on. It doesn't blow holes in open source, just shows that a select few comprehend crypto. He used it to his advantage.<br>
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