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But any competently inserted intentional backdoor is going to be indistinguishable from a mistake. If Cisco had some SecretFBIChinaBackdoor() function somewher
by p1necone 7y ago
But any competently inserted intentional backdoor is going to be indistinguishable from a mistake.
If Cisco had some SecretFBIChinaBackdoor() function somewhere the backlash would be way way worse (or at least an unknown). Whereas at this point it's abundantly clear that serious "non intentional" security vulnerabilities in networking hardware basically go ignored by the market.
- SquareWheel 7y ago>But any competently inserted intentional backdoor is going to be indistinguishable from a mistake. Maybe, but without proof it's still just speculation. Real bugs do occur often, and sometimes in sensitive areas. I understand wanting to be vigilant. In both assuming malice and assuming human error though, you're still forced to make an assumption.
- p1necone 7y agoYou're not forced to make an assumption, you can just be honest and say you don't know. There's too many comments in this thread effectively saying "it looks unintentional, so it's unintentional".
- SquareWheel 7y ago>You're not forced to make an assumption, you can just be honest and say you don't know. Indeed. That's what I was trying to say.