[geeks] Potential FBI backdoor in OpenBSD's crypto framework

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On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 07:30:49PM -0800, Rick Hamell wrote:
>Didn't this come up back in the late 90's and was exposed as a lie to
>discredit OpenBSD?

It will however either prove or disprove the assertion that open source
is more secure. 

The premise behind it is that since anyone can see the source code, it is
impossible to hide a back door.

The opposing theory is that no one actually reads the code and even if
people did, they would not understand it.

Geoff.
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