Episode 0x05: Inducing Fryers

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x05_Inducing-Fryers.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x05_Inducing-Fryers.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p><a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley</a> and <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen</a> welcome special co-presenter and guest, <a href="https://torekeland.com/author/aaron">Aaron Williamson</a>, to discuss the OpenBSD email regarding purported FBI backdoors. In the main segment, they discuss the amicus brief filed by SFLC (where Aaron and Karen work) in the <cite>Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB</cite> USA Supreme Court case.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <h4>Segment 0 (00:37)</h4> <ul> <li>Aaron brought up a <a href="http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2">message forwarded to the OpenBSD developers list</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt">Theo de Raadt</a>. This story has been <a href="http://www.itworld.com/open-source/130820/openbsdfbi-allegations-denied-named-participant">covered</a> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20025767-281.html">widely</a> <a href="http://blogs.csoonline.com/1296/an_fbi_backdoor_in_openbsd">online</a>. (02:50)</li> <li>Aaron mentioned that <a href="http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/12/can-open-source-be-trusted/index.htm">Glyn Moody wrote a blog post</a> about what issues about &ldquo;Open Source&rdquo; security this raises. (04:06)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned the gnuftp/Savannah site crack that occurred in 2003 and its security implications. Those seeking more information on this can read <a href="http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/08/13/1530239.shtml?tid=117&tid=126&tid=172&tid=99">the slashdot coverage</a>, Savannah <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2749">forum</a> <a href="http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2752">posts</a>, the <a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-21.html">CERT advisory</a> and even <a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/MISSING-FILES.README">the missing files still on the GNU FTP site</a>. (05:21)</li> <li>Bradley again mentioned <a href="http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html">Thompson's hack</a> which he loves to mention when security issues come up (06:26).</li> <li>Karen mentioned <a href="http://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2010/transparent-medical-devices.html">SFLC's medical devices paper, <cite>Killed by Code: Software Transparency in Implantable Medical Devices</cite></a>, which she loves to mention. (08:23)</il> <li>Bradley mentioned the <a href="http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571">Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL bug</a> that occurred in mid-2008, which was <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1533212&from=rss">widely</a> <a href="http://www.links.org/?p=328">discussed</a> <a href="http://advogato.org/person/branden/diary/5.html">online</a>. (10:18)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned a case in 2000 where the <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/12/40541">FBI was able to open a mobster's PGP mail</a> merely by getting his passphrase. (12:49)</li> <li>Bradley offers an even-money bet that there are no FBI-inserted bugs in OpenBSD. (13:46)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (14:18)</h4> <ul> <li>The canonical page on Wikipedia for what Karen and Bradley are on FaiF says they are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presenter">presenters, rather than hosts</a>. (15:06)</li> <li>Aaron and Karen's organization, the <a href="http://softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law Center</a>, <a href="http://softwarefreedom.org/news/2010/dec/06/sflc-files-amicus-brief-in-seb/">announced that</a> they filed an <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2010/sflc-seb-amicus.pdf">amicus brief</a> in the <a href="http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/opinions-orders/09-1099.pdf"><cite>Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB</cite> case</a>. (16:30)</li> <li>Despite the beliefs of a <cite>Jeopardy!</cite> contestant last month, &ldquo;Maria&rdquo; is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor">Sonia Sotomayor</a>'s middle name. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia">Antonin Scalia</a>'s middle name is &ldquo;Gregory&rdquo; (17:20)</li> <li>Bradley <em>again</em> reviewed the issues of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Latin#Comparison_with_classical_Latin">classical vs. church pronunciations</a>. (19:20)</li> <li>Bradley asked Aaron if what was being sold in this case was equivalent to the <a href="http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Cornballer">Cornballer</a> as introduced on the television show, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)"><cite>Arrested Development</cite></a>. (20:30)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned that on <a href="http://faif.us/cast/2010/nov/09/0x02/">FaiF 0x02</a>, they discussed the issue of how higher courts consider issues of law more than the detailed facts of the case. (23:30)</li> <li>RMS's speech, <cite>The Danger of Software Patents</cite>, is available as a <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/danger-of-software-patents.html">transcript</a> and <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Stallman_Danger_of_Software_Patents">audio</a> (<a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/audio/patentsvuw2009.ogg">ogg</a>) (35:22)</li> <li>Aaron mentioned <a href="http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/pdfs/09-10/10-6_PetitionerAmCuNewEgg.pdf">Newegg's brief</a>, which is a reseller. (40:50)</li> <li>Aaron mentioned the <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/global-tech-appliances-inc-v-seb-s-a/">SCOTUS blog summary which included links to other amici briefs</a>. (41:01)</li> <li>Bradley referenced Don's staff answer to their boss, Don, in the <a href="http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/kids-in-the-hall-brain-candy-script.html">Kids in the Hall movie, <cite>Brain Candy</cite></a>. (45:57)</li> </ul> <h4>Final (54:16)</h4> <ul> <li>Aaron, Karen and Bradley are discussing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever#Lyrics">alternative lyrics to the <cite>Stars and Stripes Forever</cite></a>. (54:20)</li> </ul> <p>These show notes are Copyright &copy; 2010, <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/about/team/#karen">Karen Sandler</a> and <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/">Bradley M. Kuhn</a> of <a href="http://faif.us/">Free as in Freedom</a>, and are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported)</a>.</p> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. 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