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

[Charles N Wyble <charles () thefnf org>]

Well yes. :)

Plenty of relatively inexpensive x86 based kit out there. Maybe with TPM? Never looked.  Atom can push a good amount of 
packets. 

I am in the process of building an HCL for the various bits of the FreedomStack. (CPE/distribution/core etc). My family 
is  a very heavy internet user. Both directions. An atom pfsense router and netgear 3800 has done the trick. Now to 
package them up with a slick / simplified / turnkey configuration and not have people balk at the price.

I hadn't taken much security/TPM wise into account. Would be a good way to help folks deal with the  increased expense. 
NSA proof, Snowden endorsed! :)



On July 25, 2014 6:42:13 PM CDT, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:11:29 -0500, charles () thefnf org said:
> > On 2014-07-25 12:22, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> > > The second big challenge is that to the best of my knowledge, there
> exist
> > > no router-class hardware that includes a TPM chip,
> >
> > OpenWRT x86? Run it on a decently specced laptop a couple gens old
> (like
> > a Dell Latitude 6500 or so). That's got TPM, plenty of ram.
> > Of course you can run on a server board (Dell Poweredge or
> something). I
> > prefer pfsense myself for full blown kit.
>
> Yeah, but it's hard to justify a PowerEdge for a Joe Sixpack consumer
> CPE
> (admittedly, I managed to leave that phrase out of 'router-class', mea
> culpa).
>
>
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