[LINK] Security: from a different direction

[Adam Todd]

>Given the very sceptical nature of the Linux community at large towards
>governments and government agencies, esp those who have a history  like
>that of the NSA (No Such Agency) I am prepared to believe that this code
>has probably been more thoroughly scrutinised than most of the rest of
>the code.  I guess you would need to rummage thru the code looking for
>fingerprints to be absolutely sure.

I'd tend to disagree.  I'd have more confidence in an allies's internally 
written code and that being totally secure, than the code form an external 
source that I have to scrutinise.