Re: Open source hardware

[Daniël W. Crompton <daniel.crompton () gmail com>]

Good point Jimmy, there is a world of hurt involved, although it may be
slightly less painless when you realize that the alternative is: "*the NSA
[who] has modified the firmware of computers and network hardware—including
systems shipped by Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei, and Juniper
Networks—to give its operators both eyes and ears inside the offices the
agency has targeted.*"[1]

There's already a world of hurt involved when you can't trust your
equipment because they potentially have backdoors in them.

D.


1.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/inside-the-nsas-leaked-catalog-of-surveillance-magic/






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On 3 January 2014 06:01, Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Duey <
> andrew.duey () widerangebroadband net> wrote:
>
> > I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs.  We
> > are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's been
> good
> > to to us.  It depends on your hardware and how small of an ISP you are
> but
> > it might be a great open source fit for you.
>
>
> The orig. author has potentially set course for a world of hurt --  if the
> plan is to scrap robust packaged highly-validated gear having separate
> hardware forwarding planes and ASIC-driven filtering,  to stick cheap x86
> servers in the SP core and internet borders.
>
> Sure... anyone can install Vyatta on a x86 server,   but  assembly of all
> the pieces and full validation for a resilient platform comparable to
> carrier grade gear, for a mission critical network,  should be a bit more
> involved than that.
>
> Next up....   how to build your own  10-Gigabit  SFPs to avoid paying for
> expensive brand-name SFPs,  by putting together some chips,  wires,  fiber,
> and tying it all together with a piece of duck tape....
>
> just saying... :)
>
>
> > --Andrew Duey
> --
> -JH