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Why Cybersecurity Experts Want Open Source Routers (vice.com)
derekmead writes: A coalition of 260 cybersecurity experts is taking advantage of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) public comment period to push for open source Wi-Fi router firmware.
The cybersecurity experts asked the FCC on Wednesday to require router makers to open-source their firmware, or the basic software that controls its core functionality, as a condition for it being licensed for use in the US. The request comes amid a wider debate on how the FCC should ensure that Wi-Fi routers' wireless signals don't "go outside stated regulatory rules" and cause harmful interference to other devices like cordless phones, radar, and satellite dishes.
The cybersecurity experts asked the FCC on Wednesday to require router makers to open-source their firmware, or the basic software that controls its core functionality, as a condition for it being licensed for use in the US. The request comes amid a wider debate on how the FCC should ensure that Wi-Fi routers' wireless signals don't "go outside stated regulatory rules" and cause harmful interference to other devices like cordless phones, radar, and satellite dishes.
good luck! check out this provision in the TPP: http://www.international.gc.ca... Prevents governments in TPP countries from demanding access to an enterprise’s software source code.
Just because YOU don't understand it, it doesn't mean that there are a LOT of people that do and would. I'm not knowledgeable enough to personally audit open-source encryption software like GPG and OpenSSL, but I'm glad it's open-source so others who are more knowledgeable than me can scrutinize.
What's sad is that in an ideal world, the NSA *would* help and perform security audits to keep citizens, businesses and government safe from malicious actors.
But sadly, their version of help means inserting back doors and compromising security in the name of DEA parallel constructions to jail some hippie for growing pot.