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[Discuss] Fwd: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED
- Subject: [Discuss] Fwd: Hey FCC, Don't Lock Down Our Wi-Fi Routers | WIRED
- From: cra at WPI.EDU (Chuck Anderson)
- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 09:43:59 -0400
- In-reply-to: <20150930202212.GH6060@dragontoe.org>
- References: <v1q09cqnmfpg4saensypmrdq.1443230831986@email.android.com> <CAFv2jcaF5gxsV7sfJNAVg7wg8brtKFxcftJY+xGfkkBhZZ21Mg@mail.gmail.com> <20150930202212.GH6060@dragontoe.org>
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 03:22:12PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 01:12:33AM -0400, John Abreau wrote: > > Well, this is disturbing. > [...] > > http://www.wired.com/2015/09/hey-fcc-dont-lock-wi-fi-routers/ > > Seems to me you'd get around this by buying a router that had DD-WRT > or OpenWRT preinstalled, such as: > > http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=dd-wrt+preinstalled+routers&tag=googhydr-20&index=electronics&hvadid=70174300225&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1524473840025439463&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_67tjrsue90_b Not really, the vendors may still lock down the firmware, even it if originally ships w/DD-WRT or OpenWRT. In fact, the FCC uses DD-WRT as an example that could be locked down in its entirety to "protect" the SDR portion. The question is what if there is GPLv3-licensed software embedded in the firmware? Distribution of such software, along with measures to lock down the device, may violate the GPLv3 license. See Tivoization [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoization
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