[LINK] Don’t believe the hype: We’re a long way from 5G

[David]

On Monday, 4 June 2018 17:27:14 AEST Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> "Huawei denies any "material" links with the Chinese Communist Party and says its best placed to deliver the high tech equipment needed for the 5G rollout."

We've been here before.

Around 15 years ago an Israeli company known as Checkpoint Technologies produced a firewall intended for corporate & government networks.  Checkpoint duly submitted it to the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) for E3-level evaluation, however DSD's subsequent listing contained the qualification that it must not be used in Australian Government departments without consultation.

Full E3 certification required software listings to be submitted, but my enquiries revealed Checkpoint had declined to submit those associated with its VPN implementation.  It was widely believed the firewall contained a back door, and Mossad engineers had a major hand in its design.

Of course Checkpoint hotly denied any such machinations, as you do.

One thing the Coalition overlooked when they redesigned the NBN was that NBN Co. had complete control of the network terminating equipment and thus of its security and performance.  But now it comes from anywhere, much of it from China, and voice implementations have all sorts of dial & ring tones, etc. (echoes are a particular problem).  Australia used to have one of the best voice networks in the world.  Sigh...

DavidL.