Re: 600,000 routers bricked

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

That post from Mr. Perens about this is honestly really shitty.

1. Is he right that Lumen has to shoulder blame for not keeping CPE updated
with exploit free software? Certainly.
2. Making a claim that all 600k of these routers were being used as botnet
zombies without any supporting evidence is really poor form.
3. Even if we assert that 50% of these devices were exploited for botnet
activity, that means 50% WEREN'T.  We shouldn't be applauding 300k
people/businesses that just had their internet connectivity yeeted away
from them through zero fault or their own.
4. "I've never heard of these router manufactures" is exceptionally
ignorant. ActionTec has been around since the early 90s. Sagemcom wasn't
someone I've heard of before , but so what.

Yes, CPE provided by ISPs can be a problem. But applauding asshats who
bricked all this stuff as some noble event that should be "applauded" as he
says is really, really stupid. It's not going to meaningfully move the
needle with how ISPs handle this stuff, and all it did was inconvenience a
LOT of end users.

On Sun, Jun 2, 2024 at 4:04 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht () gmail com> wrote:

> https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/600000-families-using-one-internet-provider-have-routers-bruce-perens-geedc/
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFWSyMp3xg&t=1098s Waves Podcast
> Dave Täht CSO, LibreQos