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I used to work for Australia's national broadband network. The issue with 5G is that there is a lot more software involved e.g. software defined networking, ne
by threeseed 6y ago
I used to work for Australia's national broadband network.
The issue with 5G is that there is a lot more software involved e.g. software defined networking, network function virtualization, edge computing, containerisation etc.
This makes securing the platform much more complex as you have to constantly validate that each piece of software is not able to access your core network or siphon user traffic.
Optical networks like you listed are pretty dumb so aren't nearly as much of a threat.
- dalbasal 6y agogood answer. cheers.
- fab1an 6y agoThis is the type of content we're here for! Thanks.
- not_exactly__ 6y agoWelp. This is what I come to HN for.
- onethought 6y agoThis doesn’t quite make sense... at the end of the day you still put data in one end and it comes out the other... can you not just encrypt? I’m missing something right?
- __sy__ 6y agoyes, denial of service attacks.
- onethought 6y agoSay what? I can denial of service attack any brand of network with state level resources... what does Huawei change in that equation? Do you mean like they could disable the equipment and deny service?
- bilekas 6y agoIf the COM/SYS layer to the infrastructure is all Huwawei due to no other providers being immediately available for contract, then all of the infrastructure has security issues along the entire chain. It's implementing the security and 'ownership' of the data along the infrastructure thats at risk. And Huwawei don't have a good track record.
- onethought 6y ago... this isn’t denial of service. ? Also my original question: doesn’t encryption secure the entire chain?
- mercurysmessage 6y ago"Optical networks like you listed are pretty dumb so aren't nearly as much of a threat" They can be tapped into still, of course. Doesn't GCHQ copy all the data coming through their fibre lines and run it through computers for analysis?
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> They can be tapped into still, of course Slightly different threat model.
- throw0101a 6y agoIn addition, I think that a lot of ISO Layer 1/2 and even L3 gear can be swapped out too without much effort because of open standards (IETF, ISO, etc) that allows for easier mixing and matching. Whereas a lot of wireless components are more tightly coupled to each other. Which is why many service providers are talking about Open RAN.