Apologies for making what could be construed as an off topic, political comment, but doesn't everyone in the USA know by now that the PRC represents a dagger aimed at the economic and national security of America? A military invasion in slow motion as it were?
David On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Bryan Fields <br...@bryanfields.net>wrote: > On 6/13/13 1:35 PM, Warren Bailey wrote: > > They are a state controlled company. You think the PRC's party members > dont > > call the shots? I've been to Beijing for work.. I can assure you the > > government has a very known presence through the private community. Often > > times, graduates of their state run colleges enter the "private" sector > to > > help their collective needs. China is an odd place, but in my opinion > often > > they are underestimated. Look at their stealth plane, that's a good > > starting point on their ability to borrow technology and implement it > > quickly. It's about numbers over there, not sense. > > My objection to ZTE/Hauwei when I was at a cellular telco was just this. I > said "there was no way I can agree with Chinese nationals having unfettered > access to our network". > > Sure the CLI was crap/nonexistent and full of bugs, but I never thought the > product was phoning home. I assumed there was a backdoor, like every other > product and this was dealt with via ACL's and bastion boxes. > > I did not think highly of the product, and did not want to select it. > However > ZTE made the offer to put 6 support engineers in our main switch office > 24/7 > for the first year, and open an office down the street. Our SVP creamed > himself over this level of "support" and they got the contract. > > It's an awesome idea, build gear that's cheap enough you can't say no to, > and > use the support personnel as spies. It provides a perfect cover story to > cycle in loads of engineers. Only one or two does the support, the rest > can > observe/record/share the internal details of everything they see. > > They are playing our love of "But Wait There's More!". Give us everything > at > deep discounts or for free and receive direct access to the core of every > major telecom company on the planet. For a few hundred million dollars the > Chinese government has intelligence on anyone or anything world wide, and > their agents are welcomed with open arms. > > > -- > Bryan Fields > > 727-409-1194 - Voice > 727-214-2508 - Fax > http://bryanfields.net > >
