[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. While,
of course, one must trust others to increase their degree of anonymity,
it distributes that trust 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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