[Cryptography] TAO, NSA crypto backdoor program

Raphael Jacquot sxpert at sxpert.org
Tue Dec 31 07:20:48 EST 2013


On 31 Dec 2013, at 05:22, Lodewijk andré de la porte <l at odewijk.nl> wrote:
> 
> Language oddities / intel spills :
> "Through interdiction" [x can be implanted], what does this mean, really? It should mean legally approved physical action I think. (from IRONCHEF and others)

“Interdiction” is the fact of rerouting packages in transit from factory to customer, so as to be able to hack on it. 

> "the customer" seems like the NSA is selling this to customers. Who are the customers? Do they consider other 3letters customers? Are they their own customers? Naive? Maybe they sell it to companies? (from FEEDTHROUHG) (note: seems like it's NSA divisions other than ANT, never know though especially TAO**)

ANT is a division of TAO, customers are other NSA people.

> "DNT's BANANAGLEE and CES's ZESTYLEAK" - there seem to be at least two companies, DNT and CES, with which the NSA works intimately.

DNT and CES are probably other NSA divisions, customers of ANT’s products

Raphaël
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