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> If you consider it to refer to the supply chain attack, well, OpenBSD is too minor a platform for anyone to consider it worthwhile trying to invest in the lon
by sillywalk 3y ago
> If you consider it to refer to the supply chain attack, well, OpenBSD is too minor a platform for anyone to consider it worthwhile trying to invest in the long supply chain attack for the OS.
I agree that OpenBSD is a minor sized target, but I recall these bits from back in the day.
EDIT: accusations from ~2010 about actions ~2000
"FBI accused of planting backdoor in OpenBSD IPSEC stack" [0]
"A Chapter from the FBI's History with OpenBSD and an OpenSSH Vuln (twitter.com/rooneymcnibnug) 127 points by signa11 on July 21, 2019" | 23 comments [1]
"Theo de Raadt summarizes the OpenBSD IPSec "backdoor" situation"[2]
and HN discussion "36 points by there on Dec 21, 2010 | 47 comments [3]
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/12/fbi-accused-of-planting-backdoor-in-openbsd-ipsec-stack/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/12/fbi-a...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20489904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20489904
[2] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129296046123471&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129296046123471&w=2
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2029175 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2029175
- tptacek 3y agoThe OpenBSD IPSEC stack thing was very silly. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2029640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2029640