[ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC

[Charles Shapiro]

The latest news is that this is unlikely.  Here's one response from
one of the alleged perpetrators.

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129244045916861&w=2


-- CHS

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM, wes smith <james007wjs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:30:49 +0000
>> From: "Watson, Keith" <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu>
>> Subject: [ale] FBI Added Secret Backdoors to OpenBSD IPSEC
>> To: "ale at ale.org" <ale at ale.org>
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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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>>
>> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
>> Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
>> keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>> (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>>
>>
>
> Welcome to FUDville
> the ability to sniff != backdoor
> 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.
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