by John Leyden
Linux supremo Linus Torvalds has jokingly admitted US spooks approached him to put a backdoor in his open-source operating system.
During a question-and-answer ?session ?at ?the LinuxCon gathering in New Orleans this week?, Torvalds ?and his fellow kernel programmers ?w?ere? asked by moderator Ric Wheeler whether America’s g-men leaned on the Finn to compromise Linux’s security, allowing spies to infiltrate computers.
Torvalds replied with a firm “no” while nodding his head to say yes, a response greeted with laughter fr?o?m the audience. He quickly followed up by repeating “no” while shaking his head in the negative.
