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possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (05:15)
by scythe
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.tech/22557
Of interest: what would be a good strategy for preventing malicious contributions to sensitive open-source code?
Re: possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (16:34)
by t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư
This is something I've been curious about, myself (keeping backdoors out of OSS, that is; not this specific FBI OpenBSD thing).
I don't really suppose there is much of a way besides appointing people you trust to thoroughly review code to approve of all contributions before they're merged into the main tree. But of course everyone has a price, so that's never an assurance.
Re: possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (16:40)
by Tanner
Have robots write all the code.
Re: possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (16:58)
by Heartattack
hairscapades wrote:Have robots write all the code.
Who would code the robots?
Re: possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (17:23)
by Tanner
Heartattack wrote:hairscapades wrote:Have robots write all the code.
Who would code the robots?
Isaac Asimov.
Re: possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSEC
Posted: 2010.12.15 (17:50)
by SlappyMcGee
hairscapades wrote:Have robots write all the code.
Soon enough, we'd find out that SOYLENT CODE IS MADE OF PEOPLEEEEE