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Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com> Fri, 06 September 2013 23:10 UTC

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Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:10:16 -0700
From: David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
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Subject: Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2013, Ted Lemon wrote:

> On Sep 6, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com> wrote:
> > How about a BCP saying conforming implementations of a wide-variety of security-area RFCs MUST be open-source?
> 
> So clearly we should do all our crypto on devices built out of 7400-series logic.   Hm, where has my old wire-wrap tool gone?

Only if you purchased the 7400 stuff 20 years ago so that you know modern 
logic isn't hidden in the 74xx case.

Seriously though, NSA makes a nice villan, but much of our hardware is 
manufactured in counties with fewer restraints than the NSA when it
comes the right to privacy, etc. Wouldn't suprise me that my major
brand router has sniffers from more than one country's security agency.

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