OpenBSD and the FBI

[Jordan Aberle]

I prefer security at the router level, I drop packets from everywhere except
for a specific whitelist I created, if I need to go somewhere
(incoming/outgoing) I modify my protocol rules for specific addresses.  It
is time consuming when you are starting from scratch but it's worth it in
the wrong run.  I have windows boxes and linux boxes, my windows boxes have
never been infected since naturally all ad generated sites are blocked at
the router level.  If I do online banking etc, I go one step further by
connecting through a secure squid proxy via a server I have setup at a
datacenter in Dallas.  If the government ever wants to monitor me I'm sure
they can figure out a way but it's going to be a pain in the ass for them to
do so.  Truecrypt is a very nice thing to have as well, it doesn't do it's
job if you don't have your system to be configured to lock after a certain
amount of idle time though.  The point of truecrypt is to make a person
reboot the machine, at that point they are pretty screwed unless they are
very quick about freezing the ram to extract the keys.  Even then, it's
unlikely to be successful.

Jordan

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:07 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wonder where we would be today id someone had told our founding fathers
> "get over it!" and they had said "Yeah your right." and had given in. The
> government is here for us not the other way around.
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> Keith Smith
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> --- On *Fri, 12/17/10, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>* wrote:
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> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> Subject: Re: OpenBSD and the FBI
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> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 5:13 PM
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> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
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> I would not doubt something like this could happen.  Our rights are being
> eroded moment by moment.  If this were to happen, this would clearly be a
> violation of our Fourth Amendment rights.
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> I just read an article that for the first time since the government has
> been wiretapping everyone's calls a judge said a warrant was required for
> every wire tape.  3 judges prior sided with the government and rules no
> warrant required for a wiretap.
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> Now back to OpenBSD.  Why OpenBSD?  Why not Linux?  Or maybe Linux has been
> compromised too?  At least there is the hope that some wiz kid will
> determine if this is true.
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> I know this list runs the gamut when it comes to political beliefs.  And I
> respect that.  I think one thing we can agree on is we need to be free from
> unreasonable search and seizure.
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> Keith Smith
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> --- On *Fri, 12/17/10, Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jordan.aberle@gmail.com>
> >* wrote:
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> From: Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jordan.aberle@gmail.com>
> >
> Subject: OpenBSD and the FBI
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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> Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 2:37 PM
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> Interesting information:
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> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2
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> Jordan
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> It's actually a great deal worse than you might think.  I am sorry I am not
> at liberty to divulge the technical details but be advised that NSA and DHS
> "backdoor" access is available from IPSEC, JAVA, Microsoft Explorer and M$
> Systems, and all of the various means for which a standard BACKTRACK user
> could gain access [i.e. everything] without consequences.
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> Be advised that EVERYTHING you type or do on your systems regardless of
> your OS, when logged into ANY browser, is completely available to any
> government staff.
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> There is no privacy or security; get over it!
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