Comments on: Collaborative Current Event: Counterfeit Cisco Network Hardware Imported From China Seized http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tim http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-5437 Tim Tue, 20 May 2008 06:17:39 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-5437 We use only Cisco routers for any size client. If you go with a less powerful alternative, you will get burned. It is a matter of time. Don't go cheap. We use only Cisco routers for any size client. If you go with a less powerful alternative, you will get burned. It is a matter of time. Don’t go cheap.

]]> By: Max Aller http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-3007 Max Aller Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:05:06 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-3007 Oops, good call! It's fixed now. Oops, good call! It’s fixed now.

]]> By: zaxim http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-3006 zaxim Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:59:42 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-3006 "USA and Canadian law enforcement has seized US$78 worth of Cisco routers, switches, and network cards in 400 seizures" It wasn't until I read more of your article that I realized $78 was a typo and that it was 78 million dollars. My first thought, was "dang, that's some really cheap hardware" “USA and Canadian law enforcement has seized US$78 worth of Cisco routers, switches, and network cards in 400 seizures”

It wasn’t until I read more of your article that I realized $78 was a typo and that it was 78 million dollars.

My first thought, was “dang, that’s some really cheap hardware”

]]> By: alpers http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-2951 alpers Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:40:21 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/03/02/collaborative-current-event-counterfeit-cisco-network-hardware-imported-from-china-seized/#comment-2951 Cisco routers are (supposedly, speaking from a layman's viewpoint on this - I don't have my CISCO certification :D) built to withstand enormous (network) pressures and be highly configurable to allow very specific routing overrides and complex algorithms for their routing tables. Generally, genuine Cisco routers are well-configured (although we've seen how a lax administrator can screw things up in class) and are resistant to DNS attacks, DDoS requests, etc. Having counterfeit hardware that is not up to standards that manage both critical and frequently-used networks is a disastrous internet shutdown waiting to happen. Cisco routers are (supposedly, speaking from a layman’s viewpoint on this - I don’t have my CISCO certification :D) built to withstand enormous (network) pressures and be highly configurable to allow very specific routing overrides and complex algorithms for their routing tables. Generally, genuine Cisco routers are well-configured (although we’ve seen how a lax administrator can screw things up in class) and are resistant to DNS attacks, DDoS requests, etc.

Having counterfeit hardware that is not up to standards that manage both critical and frequently-used networks is a disastrous internet shutdown waiting to happen.

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