[ale] wireless security

Chris Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Jan 15 11:20:03 EST 2014


On 01/15/2014 11:07 AM, Dustin Strickland wrote:
> I personally like the interface of DD-WRT and the services it
> offers(namely, being able to connect to it via SSH), but that's not why
> I use it. It has been, in my opinion, reasonably demonstrated that
> OEM router firmware is not to be trusted. Perhaps this isn't of concern
> to most people, but I don't like the idea of a TLA or even a mediocre
> script-kiddie being able to weasel their way into my router and
> compromise my network.
And DD-WRT can be flaky on certain hardware.  Do not buy just any old 
router and install DD-WRT on it.  Do research first.

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