A group of developers and maintainers scrambled to secure the Log4j vulnerability over the weekend, but there is still a lot of work to do to clean up the mess.
Last weekend, the internet caught fire, and it is still unclear just how many developers with fire extinguishers will be needed to bring it under control. There was a set of first responders on the scene, however: largely unpaid maintainers or developers working in their spare time to patch vulnerabilities, issue guidance, and provide some […]
I think it is a mistake to use a consumer router. The big reason is that their security is not acceptable.
I say this fully aware that my opinion runs counter to
every article you will ever read about buying a router. Consumer routers are marketed, and reviewed in the tech press, based on speed, features, speed, price, speed, appearance and speed. Security
never factors into the equation. These are, to me, the wrong priorities.
The Small Net Builder website offers a recent example. The article, How To Buy A Wireless Router - 2018 Edition (by Tim Higgins Jan. 25, 2018) focuses on MIMO streams vs. Class, Single point vs. Multipoint routers, Device roaming, Tri-band extenders, 8 stream 11ac and 802.11ax. To me, the most important decision when buying a router is to get one with