 LightSPremium
join:2005-12-17
Greenville, TX | reply to openbox9
Re: FUD I figure, once the stuff is built here, there may be a bit less uncertainty regarding spying techniques.
Basically, they may say, "Oh, well since it's built here, why dissect it? We trust 'em!"
Hope not, though. But you never know.. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | Maybe a little less concern, but I imagine the reviews will still happen...especially for critical infrastructure hardware/software. |
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| said by openbox9:Maybe a little less concern, but I imagine the reviews will still happen...especially for critical infrastructure hardware/software.
I am skeptical how much such analysis can achieve, especially when done by hobbyists. They simply don't have the equipment. Transistors are extremely small now (~ 25 nm). You can hide a lot of malicious stuff at such a microscopic level. NSA might be capable of properly dissecting it, but not many other people have the expertise or the equipment necessary.
Also most of the firmware/microcode on these chips is not open source. That's another problem. It makes it that much harder to reverse engineer.
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | Luckily for us the analysis isn't being done by hobbyists.said by KodiacZiller:Also most of the firmware/microcode on these chips is not open source. That's another problem. It makes it that much harder to reverse engineer. It just takes longer. |
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