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> On 30 Dec 2013, at 17:29, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > So without Jumping to any conclusions :- > > 1 A country with internet censorship (China) > 2 A Chinese company > 3. Internet spying and this company has been cited as being involved No, this company has been cited here as one for whom an Intelligence agency has a way in to some of their kit. There is no implication that Huawei were complicit in this. I think it highly unlikely that Huawei would be complicit in aiding Western intelligence other than making kit wiretap ready as the US government requires for such kit in the US. Huawei have a fairly difficult time with the US. The allegation is they might back door kit, but the CESG say their kit is clean. As such I suspect it is being used as an excuse to exclude Chinese competition in the US market. >From what I can tell Huawei kit isn't great security-wise in the telecoms market, >but it is cheap and improving fast. A lot of UK networks are using Huawei kit. I have some quarms about dealing with China, but they are all to do with workers rights and conditions and apply to a lot of electronics, not just those carrying a Chinese company name. > 4. A company who is now in charge of Internet filtering Big telecoms companies tend to be soulless beasts, I'm all for reforming this, but I think picking out Huawei because they won the contract may reflect a certain xenophobia. Companies that bid and lost would be equally morally culpable just less efficient. I believe Symantec held the TalkTalk contract prior to Huawei taking over. So I assume you have a similar level of suspicion of them. Cisco and Juniper helped build the great firewall of China. Cisco should probably be top of your suspects list. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq