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Re: [OT] more from Cryptome on NSA, Windows firewals, mail services
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- From: "F. Fox" <kitsune.or@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:12:54 -0800
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Scott Bennett wrote:
> The article is at
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/20/nsa-0wnz-popular-firewalls
>
> (Beware of linewrap in URL above.) Because it's from Cryptome, the same folks
> who think the NSA controls large banks of IP addresses in places like Red
> China, perhaps the article should be taken with a hefty grain of salt.
(snip)
I've seen this URL floating around in cyberspace, particularly among
cipherpunks and hackers.
IMO, it's primarily a threat for those who lack common sense - and all
the technology or services in the world couldn't protect such people.
I'm sorry, but if I'm going to use encryption, digisigs, etc., I want
the cryptosystem engine to be on my machine, if at all possible. The
less trust I can place in "black boxes" (whether running on third-party
servers, or in the form of closed-source/proprietary software running on
my machine), the better.
(This, BTW, is why I like so many of the basic concepts of Tor - it
distributes the total trust for providing a high degree of anonymity
among multiple parties.)
My US$0.02.
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F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com
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