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Is it "technically correct" to call standard diagnostic software that most telecommunications manufacturers install on their gear (and which does not allow unauthorized access) a "backdoor"?

Vodafone, the company that Bloomberg claims was targeted by these backdoors, publicly contradicted Bloomberg. They pointed out that the diagnostic software did not allow unauthorized access:

> The 'backdoor' that Bloomberg refers to is Telnet, which is a protocol that is commonly used by many vendors in the industry for performing diagnostic functions. It would not have been accessible from the internet.

> Bloomberg is incorrect in saying that this 'could have given Huawei unauthorised access to the carrier's fixed-line network in Italy'.[1]

1. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48103430.