Nice that you checked... I would understand this stance from a company that doesn't rely on so much open source software without which they wouldn't even exists. Shame, just shame.
On 30 November 2015 at 09:48, John Crispin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 30/11/2015 09:38, Petr Štetiar wrote: >> Ben West <[email protected]> [2015-11-27 10:00:51]: >> >> Hi, >> >>> This person is reporting a new Ubiquiti AC AP where there the bootloader >>> does an RSA signature check on the firmware image. >> >> let's hope, that it would be possible to replace/patch that unfriendly >> U-Boot. >> >>> Could anyone else confirm if they've observed the same, and if it now >>> prevents loading OpenWRT, etc? Or at least, confirm if the RSA signature >>> checking by the bootloader was not present before? >> >> We're using UBNT products and I can confirm, that there wasn't any RSA >> firmware signature checking previously and we're able to run OpenWRT on them. >> Maybe it's time to look around for alternatives... >> >> -- ynezz >> > > > Hi, > > i contacted UBNT customer support. they specifically stated that they do > not want users to install openwrt and prefer not to cooperate with us. > it is a concious decision to *not* support the free software movement > and be capitalist pigs. the reasoning given to me was not related to FCC > ruling but specifically stated that they dont like users installing free > software on their routers. they prefer to have submissive users that > will do as they are told. > > John > > >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Andrew Margarit | Cucumber WiFI <[email protected]> >>> Date: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:59 AM >>> Subject: Re: [FCC] New AP with the lockdown >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Just to let you know, I've been looking at the Ubiquiti new AC APs, and it >>> looks like they added a RSA check in the bootloader. >>> >>> Firmware Version: BZ.qca956x.v3.4.7.3284.150911.1650 >>> RSA Signed Firmware. Verfiying please wait... >>> Decrypted hash: f8 2b 45 72 9f e4 5f 46 a0 96 43 37 57 4f 49 ab 43 dc 1e 8c >>> Image hash : f8 2b 45 72 9f e4 5f 46 a0 96 43 37 57 4f 49 ab 43 dc 1e 8c >>> >>> All fun and good! >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew Margarit >>> >>> Wi-FI Chief | Cucumber Tony >>> [email protected] >>> cucumberwifi.io >>> >>> twitter/cucumbertony >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FCC mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc >>> >>> -- >>> Ben West >>> http://gowasabi.net >>> [email protected] >>> 314-246-9434 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> openwrt-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> _______________________________________________ >> openwrt-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
