said by ashrc4:... There has been some controversy about whether Australia and US should allow Huawei to be able to place their hardware/software in critical infrastructure but after reading what their willing to do in OZ perhaps those fears are now worth reconsidering. ...
Perhaps. But it will take more than lobbying and profession of honesty to begin convincing national security agencies. Truly clever embedded hardware/firmware backdoors can be triggered by ordinary-looking combinations of obscure software commands that would never, of themselves, trigger any concern during source-code or end-equipment examination. The only thing that might be convincing is full disclosure of hardware chip design, firmware documentation, software source code, end-equipment design, and on-going proofing that what is supposed to be inside the chips and software is what is actually in them. I question if that's what's being offered...
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"Huawei would never allow any third party, be it a country or individual or anyone else, to interfere with our equipment for an illegal purpose," Mr Lord said.
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"Good cyber security is good business."
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"Huawei is willing to offer complete and unrestricted access to our software source code and equipment," the retired Australian navy rear admiral said, asking other vendors to do the same. He said that in the long term there should be an internationally agreed standard for cyber security.
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Huawei has been working on improving its image by lobbying MPs, government and shadow ministers...