[LINK] NBN security?

[Ben McGinnes]

On 19/10/10 5:49 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
> Since most comms equipment is probably made in China or at least parts  
> of it are, this seems rather a moot point and the article has somewhat  
> of a xenophobic element.  The US military have already found fake  
> comms equipment in their network:
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/cisco-partners-sell-fake-routers-to-us-military-339288994.htm
> 
> But you can be sure that almost all comms equipment is made outside  
> Australia by people who don't necessarily have our best interests at  
> heart.  In that case the same scrutiny needs to be applied to all of it.

Which is where I would have thought that the announcement last week of
the FSF's hardware endorsement program might gain greater appeal:

http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria

Their focus appears to be hardware DRM measures which prevent end users
from doing what they want with the equipment they buy, as is the case
with many proprietary device drivers.

It doesn't take much, though, to extend this to larger actors
(corporations and states) and the adoption that is free of the types of
interference that would be of concern to sovereign states.


Regards,
Ben

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