Juniper To Remove Controversial Security Code

Juniper is upgrading its firewalls by replacing controversial Dual_EC and ANSI X9.31 random number generators that critics claim leave the devices vulnerable to serious attack, and were likely planted by the NSA or other government surveillance agencies with Juniper's cooperation. In a blog post published 7:08 pm PST Friday, Bob Worrall, Juniper Networks Inc. SVP CIO, says Juniper has investigated ScreenOS, the operating system used in its NetScreen firewalls, and Junos OS, the main operating system used in most of Juniper's products.