Re: the safety of gnupg

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 12:17:07 -0500

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 22:37:39 +0930,
Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've just been reading some rather silly things about gnupg except for
one practical point: Who has actually checked the source code for it to
see whether it's trustworthy, etc?

And, of course, the next thing would be: Who would they be that we
could trust them, too? After a bit of Googling around, I'm darned if I
can find out, nor think of the right terms to search for.

gnupg is much less likely to have an intentional back door than anything you
get from a corporation.

Naturally, this extends to other open-source programs. Which ones do
get vetted?

The openbsd guys do security audits of programs.

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