alt Hacker NewsOn the other hand, consumer routers route in software, which is easily updated. Core routers with multi-terabit-per-second connections use specialized ASICs to handle all that traffic, which can never be updated.
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> On the other hand, consumer routers route in software, which is easily updated.
Sure. On the other other hand, companies going "Is this a security problem that's going to cost us lots of money if we don't fix it? No? Why the fuck should I spend money fixing it for free, then? It can be a headline feature in the new model." means that -in practice- they aren't so easily updated.
If everyone in the consumer space made OpenWRT-compatible routers, switches, and APs, then that problem would be solved. But -for some reason- they do not and we still get shit like [0].
> consumer routers route in software, which is easily updated
You must have had much better experiences with firmware update policies for embedded consumer devices than me.