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Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 08:23:35 -1000
Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>
I find it insanely difficult to believe cisco systems has a backdoor into some of their product lines with no knowledge or participation.
actually, i suspect a mix of both, the usg encouraging calea gone bad (while committing to bad-mouth huawei), and the TAO crew developing serious attacks based on unintended product vulnerabilities.
Google has some deniability, as their networks were compromised without their knowledge.
i doubt we will ever learn the extent of surprise vs culpability of google, apple, twitter, msoft, ... Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Is this legal?
ROFL
If this is as widespread as claimed, and if we'll gain knowledge how to see if you are affected, there are potentially repercussions on geopolitical scale, as I'm sure many on these lists would go public and share information if they'd find being targeted.
we are dealing with a world in which there are attackers and victims and very few white hats to be seen. exposure via journalism, thanks @ioerror, wikileaks, ... and constructive hacking to make protocols and products more resistant are the main paths available to us. and if you want to be ambarrassed for our peers, see the ietf pissing all over itself deciding whether they can make simple statements that these things are attacks and the ietf needs to do something about its protocols. --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOCWTRJCnf0 randy
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- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Florian Weimer (Dec 31)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Paul Ferguson (Dec 31)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Warren Bailey (Dec 31)
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- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Saku Ytti (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Randy Bush (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Jimmy Hess (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Eugeniu Patrascu (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Saku Ytti (Jan 02)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Eugeniu Patrascu (Jan 02)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Paul Ferguson (Dec 31)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Brandon Butterworth (Jan 01)
- Re: NSA able to compromise Cisco, Juniper, Huawei switches Marco Teixeira (Jan 01)