Exactly, although this rule doesn’t just apply to “small companies”. Big companies have shown to just roll over and give up the customer’s data.
So asking the question is stupid(*), because a lie is indistinguishable from the truth. No, the NSA hasn’t approached us about pfSense, or adding a “back door”, or anything similar. Nor has anyone else. The next step is yours. I am told that the NSA did review a version of pfSense that was made for a customer which would filter SCADA protocols. I can’t verify that or not. Note also that someone DID once accuse OpenBSD of having a problem with it’s IPSEC processing, which Theo *vehemently* denied. http://www.informationweek.com/security/vulnerabilities/openbsd-founder-believes-fbi-built-ipsec/228900037 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2 Sam Leffler, about four years earlier, found a bug in the AH processing, which he fixed (in FreeBSD) and handed back to the OpenBSD. They patched same, but never gave any acknowledgement to Sam. So, maybe you should run OpenBSD. Jim * as it turns our, yes, Samantha, there is a Santa Clause^W^W^W^Ware stupid questions. On Oct 9, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Walter Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > The big problem with asking the question "Has the NSA required you to add a > back door?" is that no small company that wants to say in business can or > will say yes (If they do, no one will trust/use the product unless forced > themselves). The company will agree/be forced to say no. How does one tell > that no from an authentic no? > > Therefore, once trust is question, the only way to be sure is to do the self > review suggested earlier... > > However, from my perspective, the code in pfSense is more like to be secure > than any commercial, closed source solution. See prior threads about FreeBSD > security. > > > Walter > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Thinker Rix <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-10-09 19:03, Jim Thompson wrote: > (TIC mode: on) > Sorry, but I guess the whole matter - not only concerning pfSense, but the > current threat to our civilization by our criminal governments as a whole - > is much too serious for any "TIC-modes".. > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > -- > The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of > zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
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