Why stop at routers & switches? You could own far more devices by backdooring BIOS', HDD's, etc, all of which are often produced in "Far East countries".<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Times Enemy <<a href="mailto:times@krr.org">times@krr.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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It does not matter so much if there is no hard proof about the router<br>
firmware containing backdoors set in place by Chinese manufacturers.<br>
~From a security perspective, it is a potential threat which should be<br>
addressed, especially for western networks and those they trust.<br>
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It is not too far fetched of an idea. Google yielded the following<br>
fairly quick: <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/29/1642221.shtml" target="_blank">http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/29/1642221.shtml</a><br>
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If you want to be inundated with reading material on the matter, be<br>
creative, or not too creative, with Google searches having to do with<br>
China and western powers and businesses, specific to information warfare.<br>
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