Re: OT - DSL routers -
Doofus writes:
> Well, I didn't understand John's closing sentence at all and still don't,
> unless the reference to upgrading linux to debian was tongue-in-cheek
> humour.
Some appliance routers run customized versions of Linux (usually on an ARM
cpu). I was suggesting upgrading such things to Debian.
> He seems to be saying "put the router you've shelled out for into zero-IP
> bridge mode...
I was suggesting doing that with modem/firewall combinations such as the
Netopia I have here (supplied by CenturyTel). Its "firewall" crashes when
poked with nmap.
> Admiration for your personally preferred hardware/OS/software is one
> thing (isn't this one of the joys of open source?). Downright blind
> obsession and weird ideas about political correctness in these matters is
> quite another.
Politics has nothing to do with it. The fact is that the closed-source
software in consumer-grade products is crap more often than not.
--
John Hasler
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