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OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
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OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
OpenBSD back door claim now in doubt
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http://news.techworld.com/security/3253839/openbsd-back-door-claim-now-in-doubt/
By John E Dunn
Techworld
16 December 10
The claim that the FBI planted a backdoor in OpenBSD a decade ago has
been flatly denied by developer protagonists named as having been
involved in the conspiracy in an email sent to OpenBSD founder, Theo de
Raadt.
Sent by former NETSEC CEO and contractor Gregory Perry, the contentious
email named senior OpenBSD developer Jason Wright as having been
responsible for inserting the backdoors into the IPSEC encryption
implementation in the operating system.
Wright has now angrily denied the claim in a public response, stating,
=E2=80=9CEvery urban legend is made more real by the inclusion of real names,
dates, and times. Gregory Perry's email falls into this category.=E2=80=9D
=E2=80=9CI will state clearly that I did not add backdoors to the OpenBSD
operating system or the OpenBSD crypto framework (OCF). It is a baseless
accusation the reason for which I cannot understand,=E2=80=9D he added.
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