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Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:03:38 -0500 (EST)
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From: "Leo Bicknell" <bicknell () ufp org>
On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:07 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:Is this the *same* bug that just broke in Apple code last week?No, the Apple bug was the existence of an /extra/ "goto fail;". The GnuTLS bug was that it was /missing/ a "goto fail;". I'm figuring the same developer worked on both, and just put the line in the wrong repository. :)
Those who speculate that these bugs happened at the behest of the NSA would probably agree with you. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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- Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping Jay Ashworth (Mar 04)
- Re: Fwd: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping Matt Palmer (Mar 04)
- Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping Leo Bicknell (Mar 05)
- Re: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open to eavesdropping Jay Ashworth (Mar 05)