Re: FCC issues new rules about foreign made routers

Rather obvious would be security devices such as Firewalls missing in all
of this.

Brings to mind, it's not a router, it's a broken firewall.... lol
-Joe


On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 4:21 AM Barry Raveendran Greene via NANOG <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> This applies to all operators in the US. I crafted this up today just to
> confirm what remember of CPE supply chain.
>
> https://www.senki.org/operators-security-toolkit/us-isp-cpe-supply-chain/
>
> I don't see how this is going to work. Other parts of the world are doing
> sane CPE security policies
>
>
> > On Mar 24, 2026, at 20:15, Tom Beecher via NANOG <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > The National Security Determination (
> > https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/NSD-Routers0326.pdf ) on this
> > gives the game away quite clearly.
> >
> > To facilitate this transition period, entities that produce routers in a
> >> foreign country are encouraged to apply for Conditional Approvals
> (Annex A)
> >> which, if approved, will allow such producers to continue to receive FCC
> >> authorization for their products while they work to address the U.S.
> >> government’s national security concerns described above.
> >
> >
> > You can reliably predict that companies will be granted their conditional
> > approvals quickly after making a 'donation' to a presidential library
> fund
> > or other associated entity, because that's basically the primary function
> > of the US government at this point.
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM Saku Ytti via NANOG <
> [email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Relevant URLs are
> >>
> >> https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420034A1.pdf
> >> https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist
> >>
> >> 'Routers^ produced in a foreign country, except routers which have
> >> been granted a Conditional Approval by DoW or DHS.'
> >>
> >> I wonder what 'Routers^' are 'produced' in the US, in such a way that
> >> it meaningfully improves security posture.
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 at 07:54, Roy via NANOG <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> FCC issues rules about sales of routers and such not made in the us
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://www.marketscreener.com/news/us-regulator-bans-imports-of-new-foreign-made-routers-citing-security-concerns-ce7e5eddda88f226
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