Plants in the IETF? Sounds plausible. ----- Forwarded message from Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> -----
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 16:33:58 -0400 From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <[email protected]> To: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Cryptography] Opening Discussion: Speculation on "BULLRUN" On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Perry E. Metzger <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to open the floor to *informed speculation* about > BULLRUN. > > Informed speculation means intelligent, technical ideas about what > has been done. It does not mean wild conspiracy theories and the > like. I will be instructing the moderators (yes, I have help these > days) to ruthlessly prune inappropriate material. > > At the same time, I will repeat that reasonably informed > technical speculation is appropriate, as is any solid information > available. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security • The NSA spends $250m a year on a program which, among other goals, works with technology companies to "covertly influence" their product designs. I believe this confirms my theory that the NSA has plants in the IETF to discourage moves to strong crypto. -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/ _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://ativel.com http://postbiota.org AC894EC5: 38A5 5F46 A4FF 59B8 336B 47EE F46E 3489 AC89 4EC5
