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On Dec 10, 2007 3:22 PM, Matt Shields <[hidden email]> wrote: > On Dec 10, 2007 2:23 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen > <[hidden email]> wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2007 11:18 AM, Bob - BLU <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > The back door comment was as an oblique reference to this article: > > > > > > Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard? > > > http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/11/securitymatters_1115 > > > > Either way, the NSA doesn't need backdoors to track you down. Did you > > know that they pay millions of dollars for information warfare tools > > from hackers (ie. 0day, protocol flaws, etc) every year... > > -- > > Kristian Erik Hermansen > > "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." > > > > They also have sniffers located at all Tier 1 (and I think even Tier > 2) ISPs. I know, I installed one back when I worked for an unnamed > ISP. We weren't told what it was, we were just told to rack it and > don't ask questions. > > -- > -matt >
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