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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by some_random on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @11:46AM (#37571640)
Why would the NSA need to strong arm MikroTik to implement a backdoor when they can pay ~10k for an 0-day to do the exact same thing?
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Re:Snowden leak: Cavium networking hardware may contain NSA ... by irreticent on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @05:08PM (#37576700)
Because zero day vulnerabilities are usually patched when discovered by the vendor. They're completely different than an intentional backdoor.
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