[OT] more from Cryptome on NSA, Windows firewals, mail services

[F. Fox]

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Scott Bennett wrote:
>      The article is at
> 
> http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/20/nsa-0wnz-popular-firewalls
> 
> (Beware of linewrap in URL above.)  Because it's from Cryptome, the same folks
> who think the NSA controls large banks of IP addresses in places like Red
> China, perhaps the article should be taken with a hefty grain of salt.
(snip)

I've seen this URL floating around in cyberspace, particularly among
cipherpunks and hackers.

IMO, it's primarily a threat for those who lack common sense - and all
the technology or services in the world couldn't protect such people.

I'm sorry, but if I'm going to use encryption, digisigs, etc., I want
the cryptosystem engine to be on my machine, if at all possible. The
less trust I can place in "black boxes" (whether running on third-party
servers, or in the form of closed-source/proprietary software running on
my machine), the better.

(This, BTW, is why I like so many of the basic concepts of Tor - it
distributes the total trust for providing a high degree of anonymity
among multiple parties.)

My US$0.02.

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F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com

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