full-disclosure - Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:23:57 -0300
From: Julio Cesar Fort <julio@...slabs.com.br>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Chinese backdoors "hidden in router firmware"

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Quoting PC Pro article: "SecureTest believes spyware could be easily
built into Asian-manufactured devices such as switches and routers,
providing a simple backdoor for companies or governments in the Far East
to listen in on communications."

It seems someone in this security company read "Breakpoint", by Richard
A. Clarke, stole his thoughts and is making claims without any proof
products were actually backdoored just to gain some media attention.

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Julio Cesar Fort
Recife, PE, Brazil
www.rfdslabs.com.br - computers, sex, human mind, music and more.

PGP public key: http://www.rootshell.be/~sandimas/juliocesarfort.gpg

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