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US targets TP-Link with a potential ban on the Chinese routers (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by avieshek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

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[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 28 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I'd personally hope they just force open sourcing their firmwares if they want to stay in the market. I really like my Omada stuff, ubiquiti is just a tough pill to swallow on price.

[–] tty5@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

They (FCC) forced firmwares being signed so nobody can install their own on the off chance it unlocks TX power or frequencies not allowed by FCC.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

They should undo this and just prosecute people who abuse the firmware

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Can't say I've ever seen an example of signed firmware that didn't exist to further exploit the working class.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

You've never used Linux?

Signed firmware just means you can prove a given key was used to sign something. Most Linux distributions sign their packages so you know one of the trusted keys from the maintainers was used to sign the packages (and yes, this includes firmware), which prevents a man-in-the-middle from modifying packages.

The only problem I have with signed firmware is if there's no way to change the acceptable keys. Signing itself is an important security feature, its only problematic if the user can't upload their own signed packages.

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I honestly like the GL.iNet approach in terms of software which is kinda like Android.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I recently bought their Flint 2 (GL-MT6000) based on multiple recommendations online when looking for a router that supports OpenWRT. That's preinstalled, with AdGuard Home and WireGuard VPN on top of it. I'm looking forward to set it up and play around with it.

What do you exactly mean when you describe their approach in software as Android-like? That it's easy to install services in OpenWRT?