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Here's a twist: they're the same thing. Most seasoned security folks know that the way to backdoor something is to leave an innocent bug in it. Plausible denia
by lawnchair_larry 10y ago
Here's a twist: they're the same thing.
Most seasoned security folks know that the way to backdoor something is to leave an innocent bug in it. Plausible deniability, impossible to prove it was a backdoor because it looks just like any other exploitable bug.
Not that I'm suggesting that the NSA did leave these as backdoors. I don't believe that to be the case. But if you want one, that is how you do it.
If you ever find a blatant backdoor in some software, you're either dealing with an amateur, or someone who wanted to be found in order to send a message/misdirect you.
- inetknght 10y agoI was going to say basically the same thing. :+1:
- handedness 10y agoIf only there was a means by which you could vote his comment up so as to indicate your agreement.
- inetknght 10y agoYeah man, if only upvoting something could be measured against something other than raw count.
- cm2187 10y agoThe problems with bugs is that they can be exploited by the bad guys. A door with a public private key can only be exploited by you.