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Juniper included the back-doored EC-DRBG algorithm into their VPN products on the orders of the NSA, so this kind of behaviour is not without precedent. Unless
by jiggawatts 3y ago
Juniper included the back-doored EC-DRBG algorithm into their VPN products on the orders of the NSA, so this kind of behaviour is not without precedent.
Unless you're a very senior staff member, at the director level, you would not be privy to these kinds of orders. It would implemented without the knowledge of the vast majority of the staff.
Your ignorance of a backdoor is not evidence of its absence.
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- sekh60 3y agoThat was kinda their point. They weren't denying that one exists, just pointing out that the Cisco response that it was for support use was laughable.
- jiggawatts 3y agoCisco never claimed it was for support use. It was more than some support techs knew about the back door, and were using it unofficially for their own convenience. The official statement, if I remember correctly, was brief, vaguely worded, and amount to: "We can't say anything, every US vendor is in the same boat as us, stop asking".