Huawei cryptographic keys embedded in Cisco’s firmware
So, in summary:1. Cisco used Open Source software (OpenDaylight), without sanitizing publicly available (GitHub) certificates and private keys.2. The screenshot in the source article mentions the subject of the certificate. Yet, the text refers to it as the signing party.3. Somebody used a business name and an email address that is associated to Huawei, to generate a certificate.Observations:- Regarding (1): If any finger pointing or suggesting should be done here, it should not be at anyone but Cisco.- Regarding (2): Either the original source article contains incorrect information, or these certificates were self-signed, which makes any information supplied in the certificate arbitrary and meaningless.- Regarding (2): If the information is incorrect, and the certificate was signed by an accredited party, the person who put this on GitHub sure made a stupid mistake, rendering this private key essentially useless (to anyone, Huawei and Cisco included).- Regarding (3), just because somebody uses (either real of fake) business information to generate a certificate, does not indicate that said business had any involvement whatsoever. Not unless the certificate is signed by a party that guarantees the vetting of that info.Final thought: The title with "Huawei cryptographic keys" appears to be very misleading at best, simple incorrect more likely. I do not see the link between Huawei and these keys, other than somebody using arbitrary information to generate a (self-signed) certificate from a private key.