Comment on Router Hardware: How Much Paranoia is Too Much?
trewq@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Im using CN hardwares for my opnsense router. Are you from US? For me (not US/CN citizens), hardware from both countries have potential security risks.
Comment on Router Hardware: How Much Paranoia is Too Much?
trewq@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Im using CN hardwares for my opnsense router. Are you from US? For me (not US/CN citizens), hardware from both countries have potential security risks.
libretech@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Yes, I’m US-based, and you make a great point that it’s not as though US brands are inherently trustworthy either. That’s why I’m leaning towards an open source (or as open source as possible) firmware, with the understanding that we’re stuck with some proprietary blobs at the moment. I suppose I am thinking about it more from a harm reduction lens versus trying to find a bullet-proof solution.
trewq@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Right now all we can do is reduce dependencies on proprietary blobs.
It’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to buy hardware without proprietary blobs here.
libretech@reddthat.com 1 month ago
(But if you don’t mind my asking, what machine did you end up with from CN? How did you approach firmware?)
trewq@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Firmware wise? Both are on stock firmware.
Im using hunsn 1u as primary router, i bought it almost two years ago (late apr23). It is running opnsense on proxmox. I initially had problems with opnsense crashing every day. It is stable now eve since i unchecked the memory ballooning option.
Backup is anyrevo mini pc with same coun of LAN ports. If i want to make significant changes i do the changes here.
libretech@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Thanks so much! I’d seen Hunsn mentioned in a few places as well, so glad to hear that it’s working well (and thanks especially for the memory ballooning tip, I’ll try to remember that when I inevitably run into issues later).