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One of the reasons that I don't trust anything I can't put my own firmware on. Security problems, redirecting traffic (I think there was one that would filter
by simcop2387 11y ago
One of the reasons that I don't trust anything I can't put my own firmware on. Security problems, redirecting traffic (I think there was one that would filter NXDOMAINs to their own search page), playing with DNS, and god knows what else just make me way too paranoid about it if I can't either examine the firmware myself or replace it with something I can (openwrt, tomato, ddwrt, etc.)
- Chris2048 11y agoSurely this doesn't protect you if there is hidden code on the chip?
- simcop2387 11y agoOf course it doesn't. But that's also detectable by watching traffic on both sides of the device (with another device entirely). It's also something that's less likely to happen en-mass in my opinion. Once found it'd completely tank whatever chip manufacturer that was, as nobody would be able to trust anything they made anymore. So I'd consider that to be in the realm of protecting against governmental sized entities instead of the more likely rogue developers/manufacturers that want to sell ads or botnet time.