U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huawei gear

Re:U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huaw... by larrik on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:16PM (#29071573)

Can you even vet it, really? All you need is one chip with secret logic inside it, in just a handful of boards, and you are hosed. You'd have to physically inspect every single board, in every single piece of equipment, and even then that's not 100%. Often these devices look completely different inside from lot to lot, due to the way component sourcing works.

I think ripping them out is likely much cheaper.

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Re:U.S. telecoms are going to start physically removing Huaw... by pydry on Monday November 01, 2021 @03:44PM (#29071982)

If it's in the core, to a certain level of confidence, but it's arguably worth ripping it out because of how hard it is to have enough confidence.

likewise anything that can address anything else on a network.

If it's, say, a radio antenna? yeah, you can.

The core was the cheapest and easiest thing to replace. It's the rest - the stuff it would be implausibly difficult to hack while we are watching which is eyewateringly expensive to rip out.

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