Another Cisco vulnerability

Apparently we should ban Cisco’s network equipment: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/02/cisco_vulnerabilities/

Edit post

Conversation 16 comments

  • Paul Thurrott

    Premium Member
    03 May, 2019 - 11:12 am

    <p>I was just thinking the same thing. </p>

  • lvthunder

    Premium Member
    03 May, 2019 - 11:28 am

    <p>There is a big difference between a mistake and something being intentionally done. From the incredibly one sided article you linked to it sounds like those bugs were simply mistakes and nothing intentional.</p>

    • skane2600

      03 May, 2019 - 11:41 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#425439">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>But of course, there's no evidence that Huawei has intentionally placed vulnerabilities in their equipment either. Apparently judging different companies by the same standards is being one-sided in your opinion.</p>

      • lvthunder

        Premium Member
        03 May, 2019 - 12:37 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#425440">In reply to skane2600:</a></em></blockquote><p>There is no public evidence of that. You are correct. Who knows what the government knows and has classified? I think the government knows something and is keeping a tight lip on it probably to protect their asset in China. It would be one thing if it was just the Trump Administration doing this, but this distrust of Huawei started in the Obama Administration and continued into the Trump Administration.</p>

        • skane2600

          03 May, 2019 - 1:11 pm

          <blockquote><em><a href="#425453">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>Again, if there is a backdoor, it's in the code or in the hardware. If an asset told the US about it they could look at it, confirm it if it's true and if so publicize the evidence. Since it would be forensic evidence, China would have no way of knowing if the US had help or if they found it on their own. Thus no asset would be placed in danger.</p><p><br></p><p>On the other hand, if an asset simply made a general claim about the relationship between the Chinese government and Huawei, it's not real evidence and the US would not reveal the source because in that case it might harm the asset. The problem is that some such claims by "assets" have in the past been proven wrong and driven by the asset's personal agenda.</p>

          • lvthunder

            Premium Member
            03 May, 2019 - 2:12 pm

            <blockquote><em><a href="#425482">In reply to skane2600:</a></em></blockquote><p>I never said there was something in there now, but since this stuff gets added all the time it could be added in the future. Why would you put a critical piece of infrastructure in the hands of a potential foe. That asset could be saying the military is in here everyday. Who knows. My point is the government knows something we don't know. Remember this is 5g equipment we are talking about mostly. There isn't a lot of it around.</p>

            • skane2600

              03 May, 2019 - 2:57 pm

              <blockquote><em><a href="#425504">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>IMO speculation-driven policy is bad policy but I guess we disagree.</p>

              • Greg Green

                04 May, 2019 - 11:06 am

                <blockquote><em><a href="#425513">In reply to skane2600:</a></em></blockquote><p>You’re speculating that it’s a speculation driven policy. Other are speculating that it’s an intel driven policy. </p><p><br></p><p>Two administrations with quite different foreign policy views came to the same conclusion and Obama’s policy was in complete opposition to his general view of open armed internationalism. That seems to indicate that something other than speculation was driving this.</p>

                • skane2600

                  04 May, 2019 - 11:16 am

                  <blockquote><em><a href="#425726">In reply to Greg Green:</a></em></blockquote><p>I was responding to lvthunder who said "That asset could be saying the military is in here everyday." When you read "could be" you know they are speculating. That's a fact, not speculation on my part. </p><p><br></p><p>I didn't claim that the government was following a speculation driven policy, but in response to lvthunder's&nbsp;point I was expressing my opinion that such a policy would be bad.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

      • Bob Nelson

        03 May, 2019 - 12:39 pm

        <blockquote><em><a href="#425440">In reply to skane2600:</a></em></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p>Help me out here. I can't tell if this is just your standard anti-Americanism, or you're being deliberately obtuse.</p><p><br></p><p>Why are tech people as a group so naive when it comes to the dangers of the world? </p><p>China is an evil monster of a country. More of an organized crime enterprise than a country actually.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

        • wp7mango

          03 May, 2019 - 12:54 pm

          <blockquote><em><a href="#425454">In reply to Bob Nelson:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Maybe tech people are not naïve. Perhaps they are in fact open minded and sensible, rather than being sensationalist, closed-minded, and irrational.</p>

        • skane2600

          03 May, 2019 - 1:16 pm

          <blockquote><em><a href="#425454">In reply to Bob Nelson:</a></em></blockquote><p>On a good day tech people are evidence-driven and not prone toward black and white thinking. It sure beats insulting people in lieu of a rational argument.</p>

          • lvthunder

            Premium Member
            03 May, 2019 - 2:14 pm

            <blockquote><em><a href="#425483">In reply to skane2600:</a></em></blockquote><p>Do you accept the notion there may be evidence that has been classified leading the government to come to a different conclusion then you have? And tech people very much have black and white thinking. Facebook bad. Apple or Microsoft Bad depending on what side you are on. Tech has plenty of black and white subjects.</p>

            • skane2600

              03 May, 2019 - 2:56 pm

              <blockquote><em><a href="#425506">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>Again, the software and hardware inside networking equipment can't be classified unless it is specifically government-specified equipment used only in government-authorized applications. Yes, hearsay statements by "assets" could be classified but that wouldn't be definitive evidence as I've already argued. </p><p><br></p><p>Remember, I said "on a good day". Of course anyone regardless of profession can be guilty of black and white thinking, but tech people discussing technical matters should strive to be guided by evidence and the context in which it occurs.</p>

    • Paul Thurrott

      Premium Member
      04 May, 2019 - 12:12 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#425439">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>Sure. And this is the kind of assumption one makes about a US company that one, for some reason, does not make for a Chinese company. This is the hypocrisy that inspired this post, I think.</p>

  • karlinhigh

    Premium Member
    03 May, 2019 - 12:17 pm

    <p>I wonder… does any other country, in fact, ban Cisco equipment?</p>

Windows Intelligence In Your Inbox

Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Thurrott © 2024 Thurrott LLC