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On Thursday, December 3, 2020 10:00 PM, grarpamp <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Was it Dell boxes in the "implant room" picture?
> But that was many years ago.


it was cisco getting implanted as part of codename CUSTOMS :
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/

NSA has always liked Cisco and Sun (Oracle). back in Klein exhibit you could 
see Cisco Catalyst and Sun Fire supporting the Narus packet inspection. 
(writing to Sun StorEdge FC arrays...)
https://www.eff.org/document/public-unredacted-klein-declaration

but it doesn't matter. if your threat model includes up close black bag 
physical tampering anywhere along the supply chain, commodity hardware is not 
for you...


best regards,

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