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> arbitrary code breaks all possible chain-of-trust models No. The code I get on my router from the store is an arbitrary closed source buggy crap. The code I
by rando3826 11y ago
> arbitrary code breaks all possible chain-of-trust models
No. The code I get on my router from the store is an arbitrary closed source buggy crap.
The code I load from debian, openwrt, etc. is far more trusted.
- sliverstorm 11y agoI hate HN's tendency to be perfectly intelligent and rational most of the time, yet become infuriatingly obtuse and cultish any time we brush near ideology. Obviously the FCC does not care about who you trust.
- esaym 11y agoI trust GPL code only.
- makomk 11y agoThe code that ships in consumer routers is really awful security-wise compared to something like OpenWRT, though, and that's not ideology - it's the commercial reality of the consumer router market. Security costs money and it's not visible to the consumers buying the routers, so the manufacturers don't bother.
- headShrinker 11y agoHis point was that individuals could compile their own malicious code in to DDWRT source then flash it to routers. Your point is corporate code sucks.