Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

["Ivan ." <ivanhec () gmail com>]

there is also the case of fake Cisco routers etc doing the rounds.
Whether these devices are back doored is anyones guess

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39284348,00.htm

http://www.voipforyourbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=1

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Times Enemy <times () krr org> wrote:
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>  It does not matter so much if there is no hard proof about the router
>  firmware containing backdoors set in place by Chinese manufacturers.
>  ~From a security perspective, it is a potential threat which should be
>  addressed, especially for western networks and those they trust.
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>  It is not too far fetched of an idea.  Google yielded the following
>  fairly quick: http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/29/1642221.shtml
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>  If you want to be inundated with reading material on the matter, be
>  creative, or not too creative, with Google searches having to do with
>  China and western powers and businesses, specific to information warfare.
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>  .te
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>  Larry Seltzer wrote:
>  |>> Next we'll be seeing "Japanese tactical nukes "Hidden in Toyota
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>  | And who knows what the French are putting in that cheese.
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