[ale] wireless security

[Dustin Strickland]

Absolutely -- as I like to say, hardware is a commitment. Always
research the hardware, regardless of the device or its intended
purpose. You should always know the capabilities of what you're giving
your money away for.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:20:03 -0500
Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:

> 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.
>