Comments on: China battles rejection of Wi-Fi encryption algorithm

American technology unfairly favored over Chinese standard for fixing Wi-Fi security loopholes, China's news agency says.

[robot999]

Okay....

China, developing privacy standards, and the US beating them
out??? That's really funny...or do i have it backwards! Oops better
stop now before the KGB (NSA) comes a knockin'.
; )

[qwerty75]

That is funny

The US no longer has any privacy, and would be amusing to see China become more free then us. We are losing rights by the day and have a higher prison population per capita, so maybe we are changing places with them.

[quarky42]

Of course they decided not to use that technology

I would have voted against the technology too. If China did refuse to provide adequate information about how the encryption worked to prove that there were no back doors, then there is no way I could have trusted the technology enough to use it or even suggest that other people use it.

If IEEE wants to know how it functions to prove that it is safe, then by all means tell them. If a group like IEEE won't support the software I can tell you right now that there will be lots of commercial groups that can't and won't use the technology on the off chance that there is some backdoor in there.

Whether or not a backdoor exists is irrelevant. It is being able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there isn't a backdoor that security agencies depend on. They will tell you to prove that it is secure. They've already been bit once by 802.11a,b,g.

[gggg sssss]

NSA

Of course when the NSA mandares a made-in-USA backdorr that will be just hunkey-dory?? ( assuming that NSA and Intel don't already have one in place and nobody told us yet)

[YankeePoodle]

Grow Up China!

I think the chinese need to grow-up. If they dont provide sufficient information, how can IEEE approve their standards. May be it is news for the chinese that IEEE or anyother Standards body works on the grounds of tranparency not on Good faith or Consipracy.

Stop crying foul and making fool out of yourself China! Grow Up... or Shut up.

[pwoon]

This coming from and Indian?

I don't see India coming up with technology like this.

[pwoon]

This coming from an Indian?

I don't see India coming up with technology like this.

[booboo1243]

The perfect solution

I have the perfect solution that will make everyone happy.

1.The Standardization Administration of China loads the 802.11i document in their favourite text editor.

2. Global search for IEEE and replace with Standardization Administration of China.

3. Global search for 802.11i or RSN and replace with WAPI.

4. Done! Hey, it works in semiconductors, why not standards? Just ask Jiaotong University.

[LosDLosD]

Hmmm...

So, because a single professor committed fraud, China will counterfeit everything?

Because Enron officials commited conspiracy, America is governed by conspiracies... Hey wait, you might be on to something!

[Ted Miller]

Who to trust

"The IEEE's 802.11i encryption standard is backed by Wi-Fi chip leader Intel." Could we even trust Intel? Did they open up all their source? In this day can anyone trust anybody? After all could you say you can trust your phone company with your "private" messages and not to give your life away to the goverment? Look.. I am not Chinese and I am not sticking up for them. I believe both should offer their source to a third party that hates them both and let them decide as to who has the better.