Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrzej Adam Filip Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:41:55 +0100 Organization: It is for me to know and for you to find out. Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <10q1g7m$kqdk$1@news1.tnib.de> <10q2qjg$2linp$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6c2cc0e12161ca8e93c0aa0f84e599b9"; logging-data="3121505"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19LtAP6J56/LB2/gpzZQpEJ" Cancel-Lock: sha1:SqM5jYjXs5lAR/sjkjNQj7MCwH4= sha1:Y241/jS6Ubse7ODGCjag8cWS5Jo= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.networking:8579 David Brown wrote: > […] > It all sounds like another poorly conceived attempt at encouraging > manufacturing in the USA by promoting paranoia and xenophobia. If the > rules were based on some kind of common security checks and rules > (like "no default passwords") that applied equally to all, it would > make some sense. It may be a grand promotion of tiny (officially) "non routers" linux computers. Extreme version: Put A Few Parts Together Yourself. "Where there's a will, there's a way" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74787w149zo > US bans new foreign-made consumer internet routers > 2026-03-24T01:26:53.589Z -- [Andrew] Andrzej A. Filip