We don't know the level of truth in this but OpenBSD will have to audit their code:

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2

And please also read the story here:

http://www.muktware.com/b/35/369/15/2010/592?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+muktware/feeds+(Muktware+Newsletter)

Seems like someone in a high position has approved money to implement a backdoor...

Quite an embarrassment for people in both ends. But for the OpenBSD community it means and audit has to be done regardless if this is true or not.

I also wrote some comment on it here

Martin

A very interesting topic. and I would not be surprised to find that many commercial Operating systems also have back doors for those who think they need them.

However I have to ask myself is a back door such a big deal? With the lemming like rush to cloud computing, the need for back doors will soon be a thing of the past as anybody with power and money will be able to walk iin through the front door without you knowing or being able to stop them if you did know

On a related issue I also saw this link yesterday about HP having backdoors in to their storage arrays.

With cloud computing, network back doors, backdoors in to your storage arrays, and email sniffing I am sure that if there is data on your PC that somebody in authority is prepared to spend time and money to get, they will get it. Of course we can encrypt everyihing, but then who is to say there are no backdoors in the encryption code, and so it goes on.

At the end of the day the old adage holds true. the best way to keep a secret is not to let anybody know you have a secret.

Just because you are paranoid does not mean that somebody is not out to get you.