On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 04:52:07AM -0400, bpmcontrol wrote:
On 05/17/2013 04:19 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
It is unreasonable for an closed source product by a commercial
vendor to go any other way [putting backdoors in security products]
Makes perfect sense. as its sometimes required by law,
other times required to keep the users safe or companies away from legal
harm.
Well that seems like a bold and controversial claim to me, maybe with its
own liability and legal implications!
Would you expect microsoft IIS web server to contain an SSL backdoor? Or
microsoft VPN client? Or cisco? A lot of businesses and individuals are
relying on these things to do what is advertised. Not doing what is
advertised can itself get companies in trouble, in many jurisdictions.
Skype has/had as a differentiator that it was end2end encrypted, it is my
impression that a number of people used it for that purpose.
Adam
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