D-Link
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| Public | |
| Traded as | TWSE: 2332 |
| Industry | Networking equipment |
| Founded |
March 1986 (as Datex Systems Inc.) 1994 (as D-Link Corporation) |
| Headquarters | Taipei, Taiwan |
Key people | Douglas Hsaio (CEO) |
| Products | Switches, wireless LAN cards, routers, home gateways and unified switches; broadband products, cable modems, digital media adapters and multimedia centers; network interface cards, Ethernet cards, dongles |
| Revenue | NT$30.558 billion (2013) |
Number of employees | 2,725 (2015) |
| Slogan | Building Networks for People |
| Website |
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D-Link Corporation (Chinese: 友訊科技) is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as Datex Systems Inc.[1] It began as a network adapter vendor and has gone on to become a designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the consumer and business markets.
In 2007, it was the leading networking company in the small to medium business (SMB) segment worldwide with 21.9% market share.[2] In March 2008, it became the market leader in Wi-Fi product shipments worldwide, with 33% of the total market.[3] In 2007, the company was featured in the "Info Tech 100", a listing of the world's best IT companies. It was also ranked as the 9th best IT company in the world for shareholder returns by BusinessWeek.[4]
D-Link operates an indirect channel model, selling through distributors, resellers, retailers, VARs, and Telecom Service Providers.
History
D-Link Corporation changed its name from Datex Systems Inc. in 1994, when it went public and when it became the first networking company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. It is now publicly traded on the TSEC and NSE stock exchanges. It was founded by seven individuals including Ken Kao, the late Chairman of D-Link.
Product range
D-Link's products are geared towards the networking and communications market. Its business products include switches, surveillance network cameras, firewalls, iSCSI SANs and business wireless, while consumer products cover consumer wireless devices, broadband devices, and the Digital Home devices (which include media players, storage, and surveillance camera/NVR).
It was the first wired and wireless networking company to launch the green technology D-Link Green. D-Link first applied the power saving technology to its unmanaged switches and later to its wireless routers. The technology works by setting any ports that are not in use to standby mode to reduce power to idle ports, in addition to fanless and variable speed fans. "Green" switches can also detect cable length and adjust power output accordingly.[5]
D-Link released the Boxee Box, which was a collaboration with the popular media streaming software known as Boxee. D-Link provided its customers with the actual hardware while the software was based on the Boxee software. The Boxee Box was released on November 10, 2010.[6]
Examples of D-Link routers
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D-Link DI-774
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D-Link DI-514
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D-Link DI-524
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D-Link DIR-600
Vulnerabilities
In January 2010, D-Link it was reported that HNAP vulnerabilities had been found on some routers, and was criticized for apparently failing to resolve those vulnerabilities.[7]
In January 2013, version v1.13 for the DIR-100 revA was reported to include a backdoor in the firmware. By passing a specific user agent in an HTTP request to the router, normal authentication is bypassed. It was reported that this backdoor had been present for some time.[8]
Computerworld reported in January 2015 that ZynOS, a firmware used by some D-Link routers (as well as ZTE, TP-Link, and others), are vulnerable to DNS hijacking by an unauthenticated remote attacker, specifically when remote management is enabled.[9]
Later in 2015, it was reported that D-Link leaked the private keys used to sign firmware updates for the DCS-5020L security camera and a variety of other D-Link products. The key expired in September of 2015, but had been published online for seven months.[10]
Server misuse
In 2006, D-Link was accused of NTP vandalism, when it was found that its routers were sending time requests to a small NTP server in Denmark, incurring thousands of dollars of costs to its operator. D-Link initially refused to accept responsibility.[11] Later, D-link products were found also to be abusing other time servers, including some operated by the US military and NASA.[12]
GPL Violation
On September 6, 2006, the gpl-violations.org project prevailed in court litigation against D-Link Germany GmbH regarding D-Link's alleged inappropriate and copyright infringing use of parts of the Linux kernel.[13] The judgement[14][15] finally provided the on-record, legal precedent that the GPL is valid and that it will stand up in German courts.
See also
References
- ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek. "D-Link Corp." Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ↑ Compiled from In-Stat Q1 2007 Wireless LAN Equipment Market Share Report
- ↑ In-Stat Q4/07 WLAN Market Share Report
- ↑ BusinessWeek Magazine, 'Info Tech 100' – Issue July 2, 2007
- ↑ DlinkGreen. "Green Technologies." Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Kippen, Boxee. "Boxee Box by D-Link launches, good news re Netflix and Hulu." November 10, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Which Routers Are Vulnerable to the D-Link HNAP Exploit?". January 18, 2010. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Yegulalp, Serdar. "D-Link's backdoor: What else is in there?". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ↑ Constantin, Lucian. "DNS hijacking flaw affects D-Link DSL router, possibly other devices". Computerworld. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ↑ "In blunder threatening Windows users, D-Link publishes code-signing key". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- ↑ Leyden, John. "D-Link accused of 'killing' time servers. Time to stop freeloading". The Register.
- ↑ Ward, Mark. "Net clocks suffering data deluge". BBC.
- ↑ GPL-Violations.org project prevails in court case on GPL violation by D-Link Archived October 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ German version of the D-Link court judgement Archived March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Unofficial English translation of the D-Link court judgement
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