NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center

NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-08-08

Declaring hidden malware to be "a growing threat," the National Security Agency's cybersecurity chief is calling on Congress to fund a new National Software Assurance Center dedicated to developing advanced techniques for detecting backdoors and logic bombs in large software applications.

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NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center 2003-08-11
Anonymous (5 replies)

NSA Proposes Backdoor Detection Center 2003-08-12
Chris

I think you should consider that there are more to the Internet than ebay and other e merchants. Take a look at Wall Street. How many of the traders would get their job done without a Net connection? How would the market react after a week downtime?

Your second point is a bit "I hate MS, lets hurt them". But what about the customers/users of the systems you are exposing? Do they deserve it, because they bought the "inferior" product?

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