Re: JETPLOW

That is sure to reopen the debate about open source software vs proprietary...

I'm not even touching the question about if Ed Snowden is a traitor or
a patriot...

Happy new year!!

-Carl

> On Dec 30, 2013, at 16:00, Matthew George <mgeorge_at_geores.net> wrote:
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> While chatting in #cisco on irc.freenode.net some interesting links started
> getting posted to several NSA leaked documents that got released last night
> at 3:17am
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> One of them that particularly caught my eye was JETPLOW.
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> http://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-jetplow.jpg
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> Wanted to open the door to discussion, opinions, comments.
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> There is also another leak related to Juniper called FEEDTHROUGH
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> http://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nsa-ant-feedthrough.jpg
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> Apparently these leaks are just now hitting main stream and there are dozens
> more just like them for every major vendor.
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> The question that keeps repeating in my head is, If the NSA can compromise
> corporate firewalls through the use of these backdoor technologies, than
> what is to prevent other countries from doing the same with malicious
> intent? After all these are the very types of hardware that typically
> protect the power grid infrastructure, financial systems, hospitals, etc.
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> -Matt
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