Re: FW-1: Questions about DHCP and IPX

Adam Shostack (adamhomeport.org)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:48:41 -0400

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On Sun, Sep 27, 1998 at 11:24:31PM +0200, Kevin Steves wrote:
| On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
| : 2 years ago
| : I offered a bounty of $2,000 for *PROOF* that there is a
| : deliberate trapdoor in FW-1 -- nobody has ever come forward
| : (though Adam Shostack tried to argue that some of the features
| : of their secure remote management are so clueless as to
| : constitute a backdoor) :)
|
| I remember the bounty, but I guess I missed Adam's arguments (in fact I
| recall it being a thread stopper :). What kind of cluelessness are we
| talking about?

        I suggested that the use of a 48 bit, unpublished cryptosystem
was sufficiently backdoor-esque and provable that MJR should send me a
check. It was done with tounge firmly planted in cheek (although I
probably pushed hard for the money; its the principle of winning a
challenge from Marcus, more than a belief that it was a backdoor. :)

Adam

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