Jimmy, This I agree with and in fact I said in earlier parts of this conversation that the existence of a kill switch and/or backdoor in Huawei gear wouldn't surprise me at all. Of course I'd say the same thing about pretty much all the gear manufacturers and its really just a question of who has or can get access to that information for a given manufacturer.
Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/15/13, Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: > > They're terrible places for gathering non-targeted information because > the > > amount of data flowing through them means that that the likelihood of any > > give packet having any value is very very low. If the goal includes > [snip] > > The probability of a low-likelihood or infrequent event approaches > 100%, given sufficient time, persistence, and creativity. Even if > 1% or less of packets passing through are interesting; that happens > to be more than enough to provide a snoop gains, and cause damage to > a legitimate user. > > The potential existence of 'better' options; doesn't mean backdooring > of routers wouldn't be included in part of a nation state or other bad > actor's backdooring program. > > -- > -JH >
