On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 02:44:08PM +0000, samwise wrote:
There's a lot of FUD around DD-WRT, I think - IMHO, it's a better bet for those who want to be able to customise a lot, without resorting to telnet.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 03:00:05PM +0000, Brett Parker wrote:
telnet?! TELNET?! What?! Who would leave an openwrt router running telnet... first thing you do is replace that with an ssh daemon. Sheesh. People these days.
OK, 1-0. Yes, openwrt comes with SSH out of the box - slip of the keyboard fingers. In my own defence, even if it were running telnet, that should only be accessible from the internal LAN, so an attacker would need physical access to your house to make use of it anyway. Game over by then.
On 24/11/2007, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
It still appears to be be norm for many routers, as long as it only allows connections from 'inside' (i.e. from the local subnet and not from the outside world) then I don't really see a problem. That's certainly the way my Speedtouch is (and I think it defaults to this).
OK, you're talking about a PC running as a router I assume but the same applies doesn't it?
Yep.
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 03:00:05PM +0000, Brett Parker wrote:
I still don't understand why people want to configure a router via a web browser... then I'm not entirely sure that I understand why one would be running a webserver capable of CGI on a router... security risk! Run as few services as possible... that's what routers are for, routing...
On 24/11/2007, Chris G cl@isbd.net wrote:
Because configuring via a CLI frightens some people off? Again talking of my Speedtouch the Web interface provides the basic 'home user' setup facilities and the CLI offers *everything* you could possibly want.
Exactly. I was describing the range of options available ... and, heaven forbid, there are some people who don't want to have to look through a an erratic docu-wiki for a couple of hours, just to work out how to add a simple firewall rule. DD-WRT works for these people much better than openwrt ...
Let's not forget there's a rainbow of users out there, ppl! ;)
Peter.