"amicus_curious" <[email protected]> writes: > "David Kastrup" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> "amicus_curious" <[email protected]> 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. What > compromise has there ever been that allowed someone to put a "packet > logger" into the firmware of such a thing? Who would bother? > Spammers who like to build botnets out of domestic PCs for example.
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