Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Apr 1996 19:41:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | Simon Shapiro <> | Subject | RE: Safety of Linux vs. NSA |
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Hi "Hans-Georg v.Zezschwitz"; On 25-Apr-96 you wrote:
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> There was - according to the report - an inquiry of the congress about > these affairs (and the strange suicide of a former NSA-programmer who > wanted to meet a reporter the next day, but died in his hotel). Within > this inquiry, Microsoft complained about pressure from the NSA for > including back entrances to Windows 95 for the NSA to enter > the harddisk content as well. (Moreover about Lotus Notes 4 who had > to reveal 24 bits of the security key for eMail to the NSA).
So this is how they (M$) mask their action. how innovative, alebit misleading.
> Well, I know, for some of you this sound incredible, for others I'm > telling what everybody knows. But what I want to point out: > Another argument for Linux might be, that any backentrance that > involves the change of the OS should be found by the community within > several days, and Linux in some ways is probably the only real OS that > can be claimed free of the influence of any national interests.
Not incredible. What ``national interests'' are being served by this? Political and dictatorial interests, maybe. National, no.
Sincerely Yours, (Sent on 04/25/96, 19:41:15 by XF-Mail)
Simon Shapiro Director of Technology i-Connect.Net, a Division of iConnect Corp. Shimon@i-Connect.Net 13455 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 140 Beaverton OR 97008
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