Pentagon creating software 'do not buy' list to keep out Russia, China
Pentagon creating software 'do not buy' list to keep out Russia, China
Pentagon creating software 'do not buy' list to keep out Russia, China
"Please buy American products only while we keep gambling with this trade war."
- Jul 27, 2015
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Pushing out a list of software that people/governments shouldn't buy/use, but aren't the actual security issue within there own softwares/setup?
Yes I read an article yesterday where they said now the Russian military hackers are going into US power grids and not election meddling. At least not for now.
Wonder how they are going to stop utilizing China, does this mean yanking hardware too? 
Wonder how they are going to stop utilizing China, does this mean yanking hardware too?
This is already enforced with TAA compliance. For example while some components of a Fortinet may(and are) made in China, the product is 'significantly' US because the testing, R&D, software and final assembly would be in the USA to meet TAA requirements.
This has been going on for a long time with manufacturers.
Same standards they used when all those back-door devices/parts were discovered flooding into the US?
Nope. TAA is to meet govt. supplier certifications for 'significantly US' products. It doesn't apply at all to consumers unless the manufacturer declares their entire product line TAA compliant. Consumer stuff - good luck there. Backdooring TAA compliant stuff is going to be way harder for China. The reason is, those chips come in from one place, the board another, the caps another. All of it gets hand assembled in the USA after testing and validation. Then the software which is entirely made here gets loaded on and validates the hardware integrity. Backdooring it would generally require access to the development code and assembly line.
Wonder how they are going to stop utilizing China, does this mean yanking hardware too?
You cannot protect the nation by doing one without the other. But pffffff... figuring out how to do it without tanking the world economy. Almost easier to simply launch missiles and drop bombs. Same result. Less effort.
Was kind of my point, but it got lost in translation, but as always, the sharp one enters for clarification
Remember this one? Secret Back Door in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say
" Shanghai Adups Technology Company, says its code runs on more than 700 million phones, cars and other smart devices. One American phone manufacturer, BLU Products, said that 120,000 of its phones had been affected and that it had updated the software to eliminate the feature. "
" Shanghai Adups Technology Company, says its code runs on more than 700 million phones, cars and other smart devices. One American phone manufacturer, BLU Products, said that 120,000 of its phones had been affected and that it had updated the software to eliminate the feature. "
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