On 13.9.2014, at 20.27, Michael Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think we should be clear that hijacking router-router traffic brings a whole
> new class of breaches that home networks are probably not particularly 
> susceptible
> to today. An active man in the middle is a very bad thing and that seems 
> trivially
> doable without some precautions.

Today most home networks are simply bridged, and you can do active MITM there 
well enough (hello, ARP spoofing), unless it is protected against. And most 
home routers don’t protect against it as bridging is done on simple ASIC.

> This is yet another reason why I keep saying that the goal should be 
> "littleconf"
> rather than “zeroconf".

I prefer idea of littleconf personally too; I wonder what  that ‘conf’ is is.

Cheers,

-Markus
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