On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:28 , "Avi Freedman" <avi@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. -- 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@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-3...
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