[163623] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: huawei
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warren Bailey)
Thu Jun 13 13:01:11 2013
From: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>, NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:56:55 +0000
In-Reply-To: <83EF87B2-75D1-4405-8270-CE07CFDCC286@ianai.net>
Reply-To: Warren Bailey <wbailey@satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
That was exact statement from the DoD, prior to them finding out they had a=
bunch of Chinese fake gear with real back doors built in. I can appreciate=
a difference of opinion, but anyone would installs the PRC's cellular solu=
tion is a fool. Never mind security, they just simply don't work. There are=
several of those Chinese network equipment manufacturers.. Tegra comes to =
mind too..
As a footnote, the Iranian government would have thought you were bat shit =
crazy if you told them there was a secret set of programs running on their =
centrifuge SCADA network, which was completely true. You don't need to rela=
y data out to cause harm or watch over something, you simply have to visit =
more. ;)
Sent from my Mobile Device.
-------- Original message --------
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: 06/13/2013 9:24 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Subject: Re: huawei
On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:18 , Nick Khamis <symack@gmail.com> wrote:
> A local clec here in Canada just teamed up with this company to
> provide cell service to the north:
>
> http://cwta.ca/blog/2012/09/24/ice-wireless-iristel-and-huawei-partner-fo=
r-3g-wireless-network-in-northern-canada/
>
> Scary....
Why?
Do you think Huawei has a magic ability to transmit data without you notici=
ng?
If you don't want to use Hauwei because they stole code or did other nasty =
things, I'm right there with you. If you believe a router can somehow magic=
ally duplicate info and transport it back to China (ignoring CT/CU's inabil=
ity to have congestion free links), I think you are confused.
--
TTFN,
patrick
