Month: December 2010

OpenBSD IPSec backdoor allegations: triple $100 bounty

In case you hadn’t heard: Gregory Perry alleges that the FBI paid OpenBSD contributors to insert backdoors into OpenBSD’s IPSec stack, with his (Perry’s) knowledge and collaboration.

If that were true, it would also be a concern for FreeBSD, since some of our IPSec code comes from OpenBSD.

I’m having a hard time swallowing this story, though. In fact, I think it’s preposterous. Rather than go into further detail, I’ll refer you to Jason Dixon’s summary, which links to other opinions, and add only one additional objection: if this were true, there would be no “recently expired NDA”; it would be a matter of national security.

I’ll put my money where my mouth is, and post a triple bounty: Continue reading “OpenBSD IPSec backdoor allegations: triple $100 bounty”

Tidenes mest overvurderte skiløper

Nå er jeg faen meg drit lei av å høre om Petter Northug.

Hovedsaken i Norgesnyhetene på Radio Norge i ettermiddag var Northugs «fantastiske comeback». Han kom nemlig på 13. plass i 15 km i verdenscupen i dag. Marit Bjørgens gullmedalje i 10 km ble nevnt i en bisetning. At det er hennes sjette seier så langt i verdenscupen, eller at hun leder sammenlagt med nesten 40% flere poeng enn nummer to, fikk vi ikke høre noe om.

Jeg skulle tro de fleste ville være enige i at seks førsteplasser og 540 poeng er hakket mer imponerende enn én trettendeplass og 20 poeng. Continue reading “Tidenes mest overvurderte skiløper”

I’m so indie, only I can understand my art

I have to stop buying those indie games that get rave reviews from “New Games Journalism” sites and are promoted on the front page of Steam and included in “mid-week madness” packages. I mean, I like indie games, and I like the idea of a cottage industry of game designers who risk everything on a crazy idea that no major studio (except Valve) would touch with a ten-foot pole simply because they have nothing to lose anyway, but seriously, you may think of yourself as the next Peter Molyneux or John Romero or Gabe Newell or David Cage, but you see, Molyneux, Romero, Newell and Cage know something you still haven’t learned: it doesn’t matter how innovative your game is, it still has to be playable. Continue reading “I’m so indie, only I can understand my art”