Congress to investigate US involvement in Juniper’s backdoor
If they do discover that the NSA is behind this, such a revelation could have a significant impact on the policy debate surrounding the government’s repeated requests for backdoor access to many popular encryption programs. “How do we understand the vulnerabilities that created this problem and ensure this kind of thing doesn’t happen in the future?” Rep. Will Hurd (R-Tx), who heads the OGR committee told Reuters. “I don’t think the government should be requesting anything that weakens the security of anything that is used by the federal government or American businesses.”
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