On: Your D-Link router may have a backdoor

[michaelchum]

This is kind of big if true, DI-524 and DI-604 were commonly used a few a years ago, hope Linksys' don't provide this backdoor

[PLejeck → michaelchum]

Linksys is owned by Cisco, who are well-known for their incredible spinelessness and ability to give into the US Government's requests. Their backdoors are intentional.

[molecule → PLejeck]

Linksys is no longer owned by Cisco:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys

> The Linksys company was founded in 1988. It is currently owned by Belkin, who bought it from Cisco Systems, its owners from March 2003 to March 2013