Re: National Security Backdoor in telnetd - all versions.

"Kevin \"shampoo\" Nadeau" <splonk@ptbo.igs.net> wrote:

> It is to our knowledge that ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE BACK-DOORS IN THEIR
> OUT-OF-THE-BOX DAEMONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY USE!

Mhh, nice theory. Have you got any evidence? Except file size or your own
feelings? I'm talking about REAL evidence, foolproove and rocksolid?

Uli Wachowitz wrote:

> "Kevin \"shampoo\" Nadeau" <splonk@ptbo.igs.net> wrote:
>
>
>>It is to our knowledge that ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE BACK-DOORS IN THEIR
>>OUT-OF-THE-BOX DAEMONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY USE!
>
>
> Mhh, nice theory. Have you got any evidence? Except file size or your own
> feelings? I'm talking about REAL evidence, foolproove and rocksolid?

It's another troll, and a newbie one. Compiled file size is affected
heavily by the actual compiler and the switch from using static to
shared libraries, and is often masked by stripping the binary anyway.

[the OP in this thread didn't make it to my new server, nor to Google]

In article <X0I2b.3534$Xw6.450@nwrdny03.gnilink.net>,
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>>>It is to our knowledge that ALL OPERATING SYSTEMS HAVE BACK-DOORS IN THEIR
>>>OUT-OF-THE-BOX DAEMONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY USE!

Oh, I wish I could have seen that one. :)

> It's another troll, and a newbie one. Compiled file size is affected

And the most amusing part of it is *telnetd* -- I mean, really, who
needs a backdoor in telnetd? Very funny. :) And for that reason I don't
think it was a *newbie* troll. :)
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