[kwlug-disc] [kwlug-announce] Meeting Monday: OpenWRT

[William Park]

I think it's the firmware.  Since it's replaced by DD-WRT/OpenWRT
firmware, that should solve it.

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 01:38:48PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> Not to rain on the parade here... but I noticed a number of people
> recommending TP-Link.  I seem to recall several months ago (maybe over
> a year ago) a big stink about TP-Link routers having backdoors.
> Here's one such example (looking for more):
> http://malwarelist.net/2013/03/15/backdoor-in-tp-link-devices/
> 
> My question is.. would openWRT negate the backdoor, or is the problem
> a bit deeper in the router?