The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is tasked with regulating both wired and wireless communications, which also includes a national security component. This is how previously the FCC tossed networking gear made by Huawei and foreign-manufactured drones onto its Covered List, effectively banning it from sale in the US. Now foreign-made consumer routers have been added to this list, barr...
The FCC's decision to add foreign-made consumer routers to its Covered List raises questions about the motivations behind this move and the effectiveness of US-manufactured routers as a solution. While there have been concerns about compromised hardware in networking equipment, verified issues have been due to software CVEs rather than hardware backdoors. The push for US-manufactured routers with trusted supply chains could potentially lead to onshoring a large industrial base, but the depth of ...