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Re:On the Juniper backdoor by ZoFreX on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:23PM (#10780152)
But then surely they would have fixed it much more quietly? If this had been snuck into a regular patch with no fanfare, would we even be talking about it?
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Re:On the Juniper backdoor by sangnoir on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @05:34PM (#10780830)
> If this had been snuck into a regular patch with no fanfare, would we even be talking about it?

Oh, yes - we would be talking about it, at some point in time. This was going to come out one way or the other (dissecting firmware updates is a veritable cottage industry). Juniper had to announce this in order to control the messaging and maintain trust, when it comes to security, trust is the foundation.

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