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Re: Cisco Update
From: Andriy Bilous <andriy.bilous () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 22:57:34 +0200
I suspect it'll be "Corporations control Internet and our private life" well before tomorrow. Domestic operators do that for ages with their branded routers and AFAIK DOCSIS is unimaginable without (part of) this functionality. I went berzerk when discovered such a checkbox in my home router, two days later I checked it on again and never looked back. How often do I check for firmware upgrades for for my home router? Almost never. Do I backup my config? No. Do I disassemble binary blob before upgrade. No. And I consider myself above-average Internet user. It doesn't really matter how do I brick my hardware and implementing authentication on the vendor site to download the firmware does a better job with gathering sensitive data honestly. Automatic updates is pretty much a common feature these days, it's good to know what it means for a user but is hardly game-breaking.
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- Re: Cisco Update, (continued)
- Re: Cisco Update Sean Harlow (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Jon Lewis (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Sean Harlow (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Scott Howard (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Sean Harlow (Jul 05)
- RE: Cisco Update David Hubbard (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Grant Ridder (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Joe Greco (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Jeff Johnstone (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Ray Soucy (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Andriy Bilous (Jul 05)
- RE: Cisco Update Keith Medcalf (Jul 05)
- RE: Cisco Update Keith Medcalf (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Joe Greco (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Jeff Johnstone (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Jimmy Hess (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Randy Bush (Jul 05)
- Re: Cisco Update Joe Greco (Jul 07)
- Re: Cisco Update Jeroen van Aart (Jul 11)
- Re: Cisco Update Tyler Haske (Jul 11)