On Sun, 18 May 2008 09:29:47 +0930 Mark Smith <nanog@85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:34:19 -0500 travis+ml-nanog@subspacefield.org wrote:
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 04:47:02PM +0930, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
I'm sure it'll be good for a number of security providers to hawk their wares.
If the way of running this isn't out in the wild and it's actually dangerous then a pox on anyone who releases it, especially to gain publicity at the expensive of network operators sleep and well being. May you never find a reliable route ever again.
I personally like Gadi's work, but not as much as I like getting my packets to their destination. I personally don't quite understand why netops keep buying proprietary, closed technology for routers, but I'm not and have never been a netop so I'm sure there's good reasons. To me it seems that if you need reliable router hardware, you can buy that from a vendor, but in theory I don't see why the software for routers couldn't be much more open. When I can, I reflash my WAPs with DD-WRT, because at least then I understand the system (and you can't secure what you don't understand), but I am not saying that's much of a comparison.
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As the cliche goes, "If you want something done properly, you have to do it yourself." If you can't do it (all) yourself, because you don't have the time and the expertise, then inherently you have to place a
should have been "have the time and/or the expertise"
level of trust in other people.
Regards, Mark.
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