From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FxCgo0wLrjxQ for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:12:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from v4.tansi.org (ns.km33513-03.keymachine.de [87.118.94.3]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:12:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-74-162-232.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.162.232]) by v4.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8415520628F for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:12:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:12:21 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20110913001221.GA1791@tansi.org> References: <4E6E9288.90308@gmail.com> <4E6E9C66.5090701@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E6E9C66.5090701@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Verbatim's crypto NAS - News Article List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 01:57:26AM +0200, Milan Broz wrote: > On 09/13/2011 01:15 AM, Jorge F?bregas wrote: > > I'd like to share this article that came up about a month ago regarding > > Verbatim's NAS that uses LUKS: > > > > "Backdoor suspected in Verbatim's crypto NAS" > > > > http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Backdoor-suspected-in-Verbatim-s-crypto-NAS-1315921.html > > *shrug* > > Not the first time, similar (even worse) issue, different vendor, > http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3200 > > Milan As I am a reader of c't, I have been on the lookout for a followup. I am not aware of any. I agree with Milan that this is not shocking or unexpected, commecial vendors often get security wrong or make unacceptable trade-offs in the name of simplifying customer support or product design. The CVE is a very good example. The bottom-line is that for secure storage the implementor has to know really what they are doing and must be honest. This typically means you have to find out and do it yourself. Even if you have the money and can buy consulting, you still need to find people that have these qualities. Unfortunately that is not easy. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier