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Trying to understand what crypto is the network hardware itself performing? TLS is end to end, even if you run a VPN on the router the keys were not generated t
by drexlspivey 3y ago
Trying to understand what crypto is the network hardware itself performing? TLS is end to end, even if you run a VPN on the router the keys were not generated there probably
- slt2021 3y agocrypto doesn't matter if chip itself has backdoor that will grant root access on some "magic" packet
- dna_polymerase 3y agoCrypto matters for exactly this reason. All my internet traffic passes through unsafe middle-boxes, it is TLS and DH that make sure I can pass through untrusted middlemen without them knowing what is going on.
- slt2021 3y agoCavium chips are installed on security appliances (lol): think Palo alto firewall, fortinet firewall, F5 Big-IP etc. they will see your traffic in plain text by design
- irreticent 3y agoIf everything is encrypted then you're safe... until you decrypt the data on a machine with a backdoored CPU.