Gary, Also valid points that I was considering. I've not been burned (yet) by open source in general so I will continue to trust it at least for now :)
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:39:17AM -0800, Gary Hunter wrote: > Valid point Bryan but I think I trust them more than I would some open > source development team based in Russia (Where does the majority of the > Malware come from at the moment?). > > The thing is Linksys/Dlink etc... have a brand to protect so if they were > caught doing anything underhand it would not be good for them. I trust they > have QA procedures in place to detect anything a rogue developer would try > to inject into the release candidate for the firmware. > > Lets face it, it's all about trust and risk, maybe I am more prone to air > on the side of caution because of my job. I am not necesarily saying these > firmware flashes are all bad. Please don't think I was judging anyone I > just wanted to point out to people who may not of thought about the risk > previously. > > I'll let you test these firmwares for 6 months before I try them and if > your credit cards and identity are still intact I might give it a go ;-> > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Bryan Seitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gary, > > > > How do you know linksys/dlink aren't stealing your information with > > their stock firmware ? > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 07:17:49PM +0300, Zulfiqar Naushad wrote: > > > I understand your concern. > > > > > > Point noted. I may remove it. But for now will try it out. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Gary Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Just because it is on google code it doesn't mean the compiled source > > can't > > > > be comprimised. I guess as long as you examine and build from the > > source > > > > yourself you would be fine. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bryan G. Seitz > > -- Bryan G. Seitz
