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> their history of design flaws and bad software practices Do you have references to what you're referring to?

• noisem4ker 6y ago
  From my browsing history: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/28/hcsec_huawei_oversight_board_savaging_annual_report/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/28/hcsec_huawei_oversi... You can also search this site for "huawei". Almost none of the submissions paint them in a good light.
• jeroenhd 6y ago
  I don't have the exact links available right now but my position comes from claimed "backdoors" in their software and hardware. Research found no backdoors, but all reported vulnerabilities were due to unsafe coding practices, many many different version of the same library being reused across the software of their devices with many of those versions being outdated and just generally a crummy job at coding. There was very little malice found, only bad practices. This was compared to vendors like Cisco where secret passwords and backdoors were hidden obfuscated in their code, which can only mean the company intended for the backdoor to be there. Personally, I'd buy Huawei before Cisco given that incompetence is easier to forgive than straight-out malice in my opinion, but the conclusion remains that Huawei software isn't always up to snuff which can be a problem when you're trying to push a replacement for the core of the internet for your software.