[liberationtech] NSA Xkeyscore VPN reference question

[Julian Oliver]

..on Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 06:29:32PM -0400, h0ost wrote:
> The pdf Xkeyscore document listed on the Guardian website (
> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data
> ) makes a reference on how the NSA can potentially decrypt VPN traffic
> and user data.
> 
> Is there a sense on what this could mean?  Are they talking about
> PPTP-based VPNs, OpenVPN, or any VPN protocols in use today?

It looks very bogus to me precisely because it's so general, like aspects of
some other slides. Perhaps the slide is a "where we want to be in 5 years"
rather than "what we can do now". 

Perhaps the slide is from a pitch for more funding rather than a walkthrough of
capability.

Cheers,

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