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Allegations regarding OpenBSD IPSEC
From: paul.szabo () sydney edu au
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:47:38 +1100

Talking about hidden backdoors and how long until people notice in the
source. Maybe the backdoor is not in the source anymore, but has been
cleverly removed: please read

  Ken Thompson's 1984 Trusting Trust lecture
  http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

(I am not suggesting that any such thing has ever been done.)

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz () maths usyd edu au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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