Yep, Circa 2004 I downloaded a closed source free modem driver to make
linux work on my laptop http://www.ramin.com.au/linux/linux-log1.html
Having dabbled in getting a TV tuner to work with Linux - I came across
the agreements you have to sign with hardware suppliers before you can
get the information to write drivers.
Protecting trade secrets is a legitimate story - but I can see and did
feel an unease at any closed source software...but most of the world
seems to be happy to be led down the closed proprietary path...
Marghanita
On 15/3/19 12:04 pm, Robert Brockway wrote:
On Fri, 15 Mar 2019, David wrote:
Spyware in exported network equipment isn't anything new, it's been
happening for 20 years. But I think the potential increase in
vulnerability with increasing organisational complexity is a worry.
Sweden identied foreign developed software as a potential threat to
national security as far back as the 1970s, although I'm not sure they
ever did much about it.
Free and open source software (FOSS) can be properly audited before
use in sensitive areas. Proprietary software can too under an NDA.
Quite a few organisations have access to the source code of Microsoft
Windows for example.
This gets a bit more complicated when talking about firmware in an
access point but methods exist to verify the binary.
This is an under-recognised problem.
Cheers,
Rob
David L.
On Thursday, 14 March 2019 17:03:00 AEDT Stephen Loosley wrote:
By Jeremy Mitchell, the Director of Corporate & Public Affairs for
Huawei Australia, sharing his views on the 5G debate.
By Jeremy Mitchell
https://huaweihub.com.au/australia-pays-for-malcolms-5g-muddle
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