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The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US. (infosec.exchange)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Well it does say consumer-grade. Not sure what the reasoning there is, as backdoors in enterprise equipment would be much worse for national security

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Producers of consumer-grade routers that receive Conditional Approval from DoW or DHS can continue to receive FCC equipment authorizations. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit applications to conditional-approvals@fcc.gov

    A very speculative, cynical interpretation: something of value will be exchanged for the privilege of conditional approval.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Enterprise grade equipment comes with entire teams dedicated to securing it, with various overlapping services intended to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities. Along with enterprise level agreements around usage and support.

    Consumer grade is just fire and forget, you're on your own.

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