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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 w
by wlangstroth 16y ago
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/ http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/
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- Herring 16y agoI get the impression crypto is very hard to implement right, which would mean it's very hard to evaluate.
- wlangstroth 16y ago"Hard" is just an opportunity to learn something. Are you saying you're not a hacker?
- there 16y agoto feed your paranoia: http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129237675106730&w...
- wlangstroth 16y agoParanoia? I wasn't looking for a smoking gun, I was looking for an illustration of business as usual.
- smallblacksun 16y ago>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.
- Malus 16y agoIt 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_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_U...
- burgerbrain 16y agoIt has to do with the laws the US places on exporting crypto.
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