On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:43:05 +0200, Steffen Mueller <steffen.mueller@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > did you check the alternative firmwares available for the Linksys ? > > Great enhancements are available from SVEASOFT. > > http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/index.php I haven't looked, but all the same, it's probably insanely great. The problem is that 95% of the people that buy a Linksys couldn't figure out how to jump through all the hoops to install it. Sure, Alan can install it. And probably a few dozen others on the list will be motivated to do the firmware upgrade. However, if Linksys sold 5 million of these critters, that leaves 4,999,950 or so with lame defaults.... Consider another example - it's *quite* possible to nail down a Windows box to drastically tighten the security on it. Why do we still have problems? Because it isn't that way "out of the box", and users can't/won't do it after unboxing it....
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