BSD Coder Denies Adding FBI Backdoor 239
jfruhlinger writes "Theo de Raadt has made the shocking claim that OpenBSD includes a backdoor that the FBI paid coders to build. Brian Proffitt has tracked down one of the programmers named as being on the FBI payroll (actually, he tracked down two programmers with the same name). Both deny working with the FBI."
Please correct. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Oh come on (Score:4, Informative)
You didn't get that this was a follow-up story, then, huh?
Wrong summary (Score:3, Informative)
Oh please, de Raadt didn't claim shit. Here's the original mail [marc.info].
Theo seems skeptical himself, he just didn't want to hold back a potential security issue.
Re:Please correct. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Please correct. (Score:5, Informative)
I'm the one who submitted it to Slashdot, and it's totally my fault, not a mistake in TFA. Apologies.
Re:NDA (Score:4, Informative)
No.
But that's because they're bound by patient confidentiality, and not a boilerplate 10 year "don't talk about anything you learned at work" NDA.
So the two cases don't really compare. At all.
Re:Please correct. (Score:3, Informative)
a private email
It was his e-mail, because it was sent to him. He’s the one who gets to decide whether it’s private or not.
There is someone else’s private e-mail, and then there is my e-mail. Whether or not I want my e-mail to be private is my decision. If you send me an e-mail, unless you specifically request otherwise, assume I can do whatever I want with it. Including post it online.