{"id":4891,"date":"2018-11-09T12:44:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T11:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=4891"},"modified":"2018-11-09T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T06:45:21","slug":"another-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/11\/09\/another-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Another reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Cisco Removed Its Seventh Backdoor Account This Year, and That’s a Good Thing<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s one of the several reason why you cannot rely on proprietary software: you can’t never be sure your systems don’t have a backdoor.<\/p>\n

Note: the same holds for its main competitor Juniper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cisco Removed Its Seventh Backdoor Account This Year, and That’s a Good Thing Here’s one of the several reason why you cannot rely on proprietary software: you can’t never be sure your systems don’t have a backdoor. Note: the same holds for its main competitor Juniper.<\/p>\n

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