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Perhaps the backdoor v2, was not found in an internal code review as claimed. It might have been found after some three letter agency tried to use their dormant
by tyho 11y ago
Perhaps the backdoor v2, was not found in an internal code review as claimed. It might have been found after some three letter agency tried to use their dormant back door only to find it didn't work.
- ZoFreX 11y agoBut then surely they would have fixed it much more quietly? If this had been snuck into a regular patch with no fanfare, would we even be talking about it?
- sangnoir 11y ago> If this had been snuck into a regular patch with no fanfare, would we even be talking about it? Oh, yes - we would be talking about it, at some point in time. This was going to come out one way or the other (dissecting firmware updates is a veritable cottage industry). Juniper had to announce this in order to control the messaging and maintain trust, when it comes to security, trust is the foundation.