Arthur BesseM to [email protected]English • edit-21 year agotension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1241
arrow-up1241external-linktension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgArthur BesseM to [email protected]English • edit-21 year agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink71•1 year agoDude, it’s common knowledge that NSA has contributed significant portions of (security related) code to the kernel. No tin foil hat required.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink31•1 year agoThey also tried to put weak encryption in the kernel once.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•1 year agoI’m convinced that they did it under the radar.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoWell it’s open source so you can check.
Dude, it’s common knowledge that NSA has contributed significant portions of (security related) code to the kernel. No tin foil hat required.
They also tried to put weak encryption in the kernel once.
I’m convinced that they did it under the radar.
Well it’s open source so you can check.