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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by wlangstroth on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:05PM (#2006552)
I thought this was hacker news. Are we going to yammer or are we going to look at the code?

Anyone familiar with the code in question? Even the neighbourhood would be helpful.

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/

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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by there on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @09:00PM (#2006694)
to feed your paranoia:

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w...

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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by smallblacksun on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @11:11PM (#2007024)
>We have never allowed US citizens or foreign citizens working in the US to hack on crypto code

This is hilarious logic, because no other country could possibly want to have a backdoor, and the NSA/CIA couldn't possibly hire a foreign national working in another country.

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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by Malus on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:12AM (#2007144)
It has nothing to do with that. The rationale for this is to avoid any problems with US law regarding the exporting of cryptographic software:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_U...

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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by burgerbrain on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @12:17AM (#2007155)
It has to do with the laws the US places on exporting crypto.
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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by wlangstroth on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @09:48PM (#2006827)
Paranoia? I wasn't looking for a smoking gun, I was looking for an illustration of business as usual.
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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by Herring on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @08:58PM (#2006689)
I get the impression crypto is very hard to implement right, which would mean it's very hard to evaluate.
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Re:Allegations of FBI crypto backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC by wlangstroth on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @08:06AM (#2007936)
"Hard" is just an opportunity to learn something. Are you saying you're not a hacker?
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