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Too many cameras exploits in the wild these days indeed. Need a OSS system for the cameras, just like OSS firmware such as Openwrt to replace vendor firmwares.
by ausjke 9y ago
Too many cameras exploits in the wild these days indeed.
Need a OSS system for the cameras, just like OSS firmware such as Openwrt to replace vendor firmwares.
Camera itself does not have enough resource to deal with DDOS or brutal-force attach or updating-with-CVE-quickly if they'are exposed to the public internet _directly_, they should sit behind some firewall. I hope those important cameras, or privacy-concerned cameras, are at least not installed with a public IP, not sure if that is true though, otherwise more exploits will keep coming.
- paulie_a 9y agoDoesn't open wrt have a pretty shoddy security track record
- ausjke 9y agoany source? openwrt can't fix kernel security bugs, or OpenSSL issues, but it can provide a fast fix after those exploits are announced at least. i have not hearded wide spread problem with openwrt yet.
- fencepost 9y agoThat may be based on vendor implementations - I think there are a bunch of consumer routers or there that are based on reskinned old versions of OpenWRT.
- ausjke 9y agoyes the key is OSS openwrt instead of vendor-specific openwrt, which is normally lagging behind still, probably slightly better than closed vendor firmware, but not that much better. true OSS openwrt has the fastest updates and security fixes, and it's solid.