Post AMlAAJQbsaAFnLSpsG by jinxd@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AMkUwgqbuiL6Fo0lfM by asier@fosstodon.org
2022-08-21T09:20:08Z
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I have a question for the privacy bros/sis here: When people recommend router firmware like PfSense, is it just because it's open source or is there any more to it? For example: if I use Cisco IOS, is there any reason not to? It's (hopefully) not like there's metadata or sensitive information that will be sent to Cisco, right?
(DIR) Post #AMkUwheausK0kpOgZk by iska@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-08-21T09:52:25Z
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@asier You can't be sure of privacy of nonfree programs. In case of ios, cisco will have more control over the router than you, and there's no reason to them not to hoard your info for free cash.For privacy you really just need to avoid any proprietary software and identification.
(DIR) Post #AMlAAIYj6v3x6EFnt2 by jinxd@fosstodon.org
2022-08-21T09:43:27Z
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@asier Seems many have moved to Opensense, but personally I won't use anything but Openwrt. Anything with factory firmware is just, out of the question for me.
(DIR) Post #AMlAAIyxXO2wPaWkm8 by asier@fosstodon.org
2022-08-21T09:44:18Z
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@jinxd Thanks for the input, but may I ask why is that?
(DIR) Post #AMlAAJQbsaAFnLSpsG by jinxd@fosstodon.org
2022-08-21T09:47:35Z
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@asier I big part of it is the fact I can tailor the system to my needs, and you have a lot of options to run software on the router. It's also very light, and can be run on very low end hardware. I made a router of Raspberry pi4, but you can also run on a lot of consumer devices.
(DIR) Post #AMlAAJpmN0IV3PEw6a by iska@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-08-21T17:34:16Z
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@jinxd @asier my router runs off some MIPS with 64 megs of RAM, with lots to spare.