<div dir="ltr">yes. hardware is a commitment. software is just a fling.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Dustin Strickland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com" target="_blank">dustin.h.strickland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Absolutely -- as I like to say, hardware is a commitment. Always<br>
research the hardware, regardless of the device or its intended<br>
purpose. You should always know the capabilities of what you're giving<br>
your money away for.<br>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:20:03 -0500<br>
Chris Fowler <<a href="mailto:cfowler@outpostsentinel.com">cfowler@outpostsentinel.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 01/15/2014 11:07 AM, Dustin Strickland wrote:<br>
> > I personally like the interface of DD-WRT and the services it<br>
> > offers(namely, being able to connect to it via SSH), but that's not<br>
> > why I use it. It has been, in my opinion, reasonably demonstrated<br>
> > that OEM router firmware is not to be trusted. Perhaps this isn't<br>
> > of concern to most people, but I don't like the idea of a TLA or<br>
> > even a mediocre script-kiddie being able to weasel their way into<br>
> > my router and compromise my network.<br>
> And DD-WRT can be flaky on certain hardware. Do not buy just any old<br>
> router and install DD-WRT on it. Do research first.<br>
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