>> So this isn't an issue of the NSA working with Cisco and Juniper to >> include back doors, it's an issue of the NSA modifying those releases >> after the fact though BIOS implants. > > Yes, I see this now, thanks. > > AFAICT, the Cisco boxes listed are ASAs and PIXes, which are > essentially Linux PCs running a bunch of userland firewall stuff and > which have BIOSes and so forth; they aren't routers/switches.
you may want to read the more complete, well let's say extensive http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/nsas-ant-division-catalog-of-exploits-for-nearly-every-major-software-hardware-firmware/
