Re: EFF gets into the CPE router software business..

[George Herbert <george.herbert () gmail com>]

Any idea how well CeroWRT stands up to nation-state level intrusion efforts?


George William Herbert
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> On Jul 24, 2014, at 10:24 AM, charles () thefnf org wrote:
>
> > On 2014-07-24 12:04, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> > So the EFF is pushing development of an open CPU router
> > https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/07/building-open-wireless-router
> > https://openwireless.org/
> > It's currently targeting WNDR3800's and based on the CeroWRT software
> > (which works pretty well in my own experience).
> > What will possibly be interesting in this forum is that it's explicitly
> > targeting having open guest wireless access (unlike the stuff being pushed
> > by some ISPs, where you can roam but only to other customers of the same
> > ISP).
> > !DSPAM:53d13dc965333732154236!
>
> The Free Network Foundation (which I co founded and am CTO of) has been helping several groups in the USA do this for 
> ~1 year now. EFF is simply rebranding/respinning community networking, but they are pretty new to the USA Free 
> Networks party overall. They just have a bigger budget/brand recognition (though FreedomTower has become a pretty 
> resilient brand based on the e-mails we get on a daily basis). Also I'm not sure of the level of support/hand 
> holding/documentation etc EFF will provide for folks wanting to build a network off this setup (I'm guessing not 
> much).  Also most incumbent carriers prevent sharing (where FNF supported/assisted/collaborative/affiliated US based 
> efforts back haul (over high capacity wifi or VPN over incumbent circuits) to wholesale colocation facilities POP and 
> do things like monitor abuse@ contacts etc. (Ya know, actually responsibly run an ISP).
>
> I'd rather of seen them partner with FNF, (or actually much more preferable would be upstream wrt projects like QMP) 
> and not spin YET ANOTHER FIRMWARE.
>
> I'm glad they picked CeroWRT though.