31 Dec
2013
31 Dec
'13
2:41 a.m.
So this isn't an issue of the NSA working with Cisco and Juniper to include back doors, it's an issue of the NSA modifying those releases after the fact though BIOS implants.
Yes, I see this now, thanks.
AFAICT, the Cisco boxes listed are ASAs and PIXes, which are essentially Linux PCs running a bunch of userland firewall stuff and which have BIOSes and so forth; they aren't routers/switches.
you may want to read the more complete, well let's say extensive http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/nsas-ant-division-catalog-of-expl...