I don't think its insane at all. I don't think Seggelman backdoored OpenSSL, but he did come up with the idea, write the buggy implementation, and then submit i

I don't think its insane at all. I don't think Seggelman backdoored OpenSSL, but he did come up with the idea, write the buggy implementation, and then submit it over a holiday when it was least likely to be carefully scrutinized -- abusing holidays is a hacker classic. This has all the markings of a brilliantly executed backdoor. That being said, my inkling is it was an honest mistake.