return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down12
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minus-squarePhoenix3875@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·5 days agoSo consumer grade routers are a security risk, but not ISP switches or server routers? That’s the opposite of what a state level actor would look for.
minus-squaretidderuuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoIs it? Because I just saw them available on Amazon and Alibaba. I think I even saw it on Walmart a few weeks ago too.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoI mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.
So consumer grade routers are a security risk, but not ISP switches or server routers? That’s the opposite of what a state level actor would look for.
Isn’t Huawei already banned?
Is it? Because I just saw them available on Amazon and Alibaba. I think I even saw it on Walmart a few weeks ago too.
He is talking about ISP grade hw.
I mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.