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German cybersecurity chief: Anyone have any evidence of Huawei naughtiness?

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Re: Maybe banned because there are no back-doors

“...for "performance reasons". DNS and DHCP. In kernel.”

Font parsing. In kernel. “For performance reasons”. Ring a bell? It’s not limited to Huawei. If you want to do something as fast as possible you have to avoid context switches. I’m not saying it’s sensible, but customers demand speed, and don’t say “security is paramount, fuck performance” so they get what they desire.

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