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The lack of ongoing support from device manufacturers is really awful. There were some major UPnP vulnerabilities (last year, as well as some previous ones iir
by paulmd 5y ago
The lack of ongoing support from device manufacturers is really awful. There were some major UPnP vulnerabilities (last year, as well as some previous ones iirc) and a parade of attacks against WPA of various levels and very few devices ever get patched for them - including high-spec devices.
Running open-source firmware is basically necessary to have any chance against all these attacks, because manufacturers simply won't do the work.
There really really needs to be some regulation on this, internet of things devices as well. Give a defined minimum software update lifespan on the box at time of purchase and require that it be at least 3 years from the date of sale, for example.
- throw0101a 5y ago> The lack of ongoing support from device manufacturers is really awful. One of the reasons why I specifically when with Asus: they've got pretty good long-term support. There's also third-party firmware that uses the open source nature of most/all of the code (e.g., Asuswrt-Merlin).
- 3np 5y agoMaybe I just had bad luck but my two most recent Asus Wi-Fi routers are dead, unsupported, and no Linux/OpenWRT.
- throw0101a 5y agoThe model I have: * https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac68u https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac68u Also: * https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net
- bserge 5y agoOpenWRT does not work well with Broadcom devices in general. Some are supported (you can port it yourself actually) but most won't work. Fortunately, it does work with Atheros, Qualcomm, MediaTek/Ralink and I think some other chips.
- opan 5y agoI avoid Asus due to how often they use Broadcom chips and lack OpenWrt support.
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- xxpor 5y agoWithout auto updates, a whole load of good that'll do. 99.9% of people are (justifiably) scared to even log in to their router, let alone update it or flash open source FW. There's frankly a lot to be said about Comcast's current proprietary router model that's basically a completely managed box. You don't even log into the router directly, you manage it on xfinity.com.
- brokenmachine 5y ago> You don't even log into the router directly, you manage it on xfinity.com. Lol, no thanks. The very last thing I need is an ISP controlling my LAN.
- antihero 5y agoThen get your own router and use their one as a glorified modem (some ISP routers will actually have a modem mode where they act purely as a modem)
- wil421 5y agoXfinity will allow you to bring both a modem and a router. AT&T will not because their gateway/router does authentication into their network. Some people on the UniFi forums were able to pass authentication back to the gateway but it reduced speed.
- brokenmachine 5y agoI'm not with xfinity but that is what I do.
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- josteink 5y ago> You don't even log into the router directly, you manage it on xfinity.com. That's absolutely the worst thing I can imagine. My current ISP (Telia) tried to replace their at-home FTTH box with one which can only be managed through their company portal (https://telia.no/minside https://telia.no/minside). I threatened with immediate service-termination unless they returned the old box which could be managed locally. I mean... There's lines I'm not willing to cross and a router which I'm not allowed to manage locally is simply not allowed in my house.
- dtaht 5y agoPlease contact me via email - dave dot taht at gmail dot com. Working on a successor to this: http://www.taht.net/~d/fcc_saner_software_practices.pdf http://www.taht.net/~d/fcc_saner_software_practices.pdf
- tverr_bjelke 5y agoAlas I just don't know what role and impact this document will have. But "VintCerf, Co-Inventor of the Internet" really made me smile!
- egberts1 5y agosite is down for me. In New York