[slt2021]

crypto doesn't matter if chip itself has backdoor that will grant root access on some "magic" packet

[dna_polymerase]

Crypto matters for exactly this reason. All my internet traffic passes through unsafe middle-boxes, it is TLS and DH that make sure I can pass through untrusted middlemen without them knowing what is going on.

[slt2021]

Cavium chips are installed on security appliances (lol): think Palo alto firewall, fortinet firewall, F5 Big-IP etc.

they will see your traffic in plain text by design

[irreticent]

If everything is encrypted then you're safe... until you decrypt the data on a machine with a backdoored CPU.