I agree with others that this is certainly an interesting development. But while it is commendable on Huawei's part, there are still a number of issues that they have yet to address, like the one Mary pointed out (the government connection.) They might merely be going this route to gain US credibility--and that is not a bad thing straight away. But I believe that must do more than this and address all the other issues hounding them.
I wonder if this is a sign that the global security officer John Suffolk, who Huawei recruited about a year ago, is getting a chance to steer policy. He's a former CIO with a UK government background.
It's a good way to make a living and be your own boss -- if you have the skills, and the temperament to cross swords with the companies that won't view your hacking as a favor.
I'm impressed. I wonder if they would have embraced the white hat hacker if they didn't have the U.S. government on their back? It's an interesting turn of events regardless, and honestly I only see good coming out of it.
There's a long tradition of companies cooperating with and even rewarding white hat security researchers who find flaw. The first time I encountered it was Netscape in about 1995. It was breathtakingly refreshing of Netscape, because until then companies were more likely to prosecute white hat hackers than reward them.
And companies should reward the white hat hackers, because somebody's going to find out about those security flaws. Better the white hat than the black hats.
If Huawei proves serious in its efforts to support white hats, that could be a boon to their US credibility. Still, they have that nagging question of government association that dogs them here. This may not address that issue in full.
I put my money on Dillon Beresford and his crew when it comes to Chinese security - He's done a bit of Chinese network research a few years ago that's the reason I started my blog. While we have been at war the last 10 years China has been building business relationships and as the Elderwood Gang sucked every bit of Itellectual property they could get thier hand on we did nothing.
The West need to look for something more than xBox users to turn to hackers - "complex systems break in complex ways" I seen one update from one vendor break and open holes from something else unrelated down the software chain. I have been following Huawei problems since last year with the Aurora break-in on RSA and other defense contractors and just wondered ---
Why do we have so much of Huawei in the U.S.A infrastructure. Australia did the right thing the ties with PLA will never go away - It was a PLA loan that got this company going and in China old friends and trusted friends go hand in hand it a cultural thing. I just don't think you can seperate the PLA and Huawei but they are still number 2 in the world I think now... Time wll tell - I'm looking forward to the facts from this test...
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