verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message d link corporation d link systems inc. type public traded as twse 2332 industry networking equipment founded march 1986 ; 30 years ago 1986 03 as datex systems inc. 1994 as d link corporation headquarters taipei taiwan key people douglas hsaio ceo john hsuan chairman products hubs routers dsl cable gateways switches wireless access points storage and security ip cameras revenue nt 26 614 million 2015 number of employees 2 722 2015 website www.dlink.com d link corporation chinese 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 . citation needed 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 contents 1 history 2 product range 2.1 examples of d link products 3 vulnerabilities 4 server misuse 5 gpl violation 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit 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 . citation needed product range edit 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 . citation needed examples of d link products edit ac5300 mu mimo ultra wi fi router ac1900 wi fi usb 3.0 adapter mydlink home smart plug mydlink home monitor 360 vulnerabilities edit in january 2010 it was reported that hnap vulnerabilities had been found on some d link routers . d link was also criticized for their response which was deemed confusing as to which models were affected and downplayed the seriousness of the risk . 5 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 . 6 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 . 7 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 2015 but had been published online for seven months . 8 also in 2015 d link was criticized for more hnap vulnerabilities 9 and worse introducing new vulnerabilities in their fixed firmware updates . 10 server misuse edit 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 edit 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 see also edit list of companies of taiwan references edit 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 which routers are vulnerable to the d link hnap exploit . january 18 2010 . archived from the original on 26 december 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 . hacking the d link dir 890l . what the ridiculous fuck d link . 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 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to d link . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title d link & oldid 742993482 categories d linknetworking hardware companiescompanies established in 1986electronics companies of taiwancompanies listed on the taiwan stock exchangetelecommunications equipment vendorstaiwanese brandscompanies based in taipei1986 establishments in taiwannetworking hardwarewireless networkingrouters computing networking companiesmultinational companies 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