"amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net> writes:
"David Kastrup" <dak@gnu.org> wrote in message
85r61r4nvu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz">news:85r61r4nvu.fsf@lola.goethe.zz...
"amicus_curious" <ACDC@sti.net> writes:
If it fails early, it gets returned to the store or to the
manufacturer for credit.
If your whole computing centre gets compromised because a packet logger
could be inserted into the router, return to the store is your least
problem. Being able to determine possible scope of a security breach is
certainly important.
You create a whole lot of hypothetical situations, but people buy
these things at Sam's Club for $35 and they work just fine.
It is fine that you live in a world without security breaches and
botnets, but there are people that are awake and with responsibilities.
What compromise has there ever been that allowed someone to put a
"packet logger" into the firmware of such a thing? Who would bother?
Uh, I recommed that you read some security advisories regularly if you
are really that computer illiterate.