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Why ouch? If they are local-only the max mischief they might cause is relatively limited, right? Or do you suspect them of phoning home behind your back?
by javajosh 4y ago
Why ouch? If they are local-only the max mischief they might cause is relatively limited, right? Or do you suspect them of phoning home behind your back?
- kube-system 4y agoI have a handful of 'local-only' chinese import cameras (although no Dahuas). They all reach out to hard-coded IP addresses on the chinese mainland. (with no explanation why, nor a setting to turn it off) I put them on a dedicated VLAN without internet access for this reason.
- whiw 4y agogoogle VLAN hopping
- kube-system 4y agoI inspect the traffic. The devices I have don't speak 802.1Q at all.
- nazgulsenpai 4y agoI haven't seen any unusual communication from any installed, but they're all firewalled and with WAN disallowed. The ouch was because I will have to find another vendor if they are no longer allowed to be sold in the US.
- bnjms 4y agoThose companies are only disallowed from use in government.
- kube-system 4y agoThat was previously the case. This[0] announcement is that these[1] devices from these[1] manufacturers will not receive FCC authorization for use in the US moving forward. 0: https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices... 1: https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist