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You know, because there can never be a backdoor or unknown security flaw in OpenWRT, PFSense or some other modern firmware.
by awalton 13y ago
You know, because there can never be a backdoor or unknown security flaw in OpenWRT, PFSense or some other modern firmware.
- na85 13y agoHey, great snarky reply. Of course, in your haste to post a reddit-style sarcastic comment, you missed or glossed over the fact that free software such as OpenWRT or PFSense can be audited and patched by the public, and is not controlled by some corporation under undue influence by the NSA. Oops! Better luck next time!
- awalton 13y agoSure the software can, theoretically be audited. But 1) Requires someone actually auditing software. Which judging by the state of OpenSSL flaws, we're doing a shit-tier job at. and 2) Requires people patching the "internet of things" cringe - which we've also seen isn't happening. Furthermore, most of the devices are dependent on closed source drivers for wireless devices. And you're still just hoping the compromise isn't at the hardware level, because then you're truly up a creek. Hell, we don't have access to the baseband software in our cellphones or the SIM chip, which can happily take control of the application processor and do what it needs to do, yet we all clamor around the fact that Android is Open and thusly Auditable and that makes it automatically superior in every way. With enough eyes all bugs are shallow. But nobody's actually looking at the software, so bugs live on, and the big boogie man NSA can still be anywhere and everywhere. There are Eyes In Your Radio. They're not going anywhere.