huawei
Patrick W. Gilmore
patrick at ianai.net
Thu Jun 13 16:35:48 UTC 2013
On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:28 , "Avi Freedman" <avi at freedman.net> wrote:
> I disagree.
>
> There have already been lab demos of sfps that could inject frames and APTs are pretty advanced, sinister, and can be hard to detect now.
>
> I'm not suggesting Huawei is or isn't enabling badness globally but I think it would be technically feasible.
I am assuming a not-Hauwei-only network.
The idea that a router could send things through other routers without someone who is looking for it noticing is ludicrous.
Of course, most people aren't paying attention, a few extra frames wouldn't be noticed most likely. But if you are worried about it, you should be looking.
Also, I find it difficult to believe Hauwei has the ability to do DPI or something inside their box and still route at reasonable speeds is a bit silly. Perhaps they only duplicate packets based on source/dest IP address or something that is magically messaged from the mother ship, but I am dubious.
It should be trivial to prove to yourself the box is, or is not, doing something evil if you actually try.
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TTFN,
patrick
> ------Original Message------
> From: Patrick W. Gilmore
> To: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: huawei
> Sent: Jun 13, 2013 12:22 PM
>
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:18 , Nick Khamis <symack at 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-for-3g-wireless-network-in-northern-canada/
>>
>> Scary....
>
> Why?
>
> Do you think Huawei has a magic ability to transmit data without you noticing?
>
> 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 magically duplicate info and transport it back to China (ignoring CT/CU's inability to have congestion free links), I think you are confused.
>
> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
>
>
>
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