[Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox as a home router to replace Cisco/Linksys

[Dan Ballance]

I like this idea but have close to no idea how technically feasible it is.

Other threads on this list have suggested there may be NAT issues behind
standard home routers that will be difficult for FreedomBoxes to
automatically navigate without technical intervention from someone with
more than Joe Public networking skills.

Could using the FreedomBox itself as the router/firewall solve this issue
as well as increase privacy?
On Jul 2, 2012 9:57 PM, "Sean Alexandre" <sean864 at pobox.com> wrote:

> Interesting articles on what Cisco is allegedly doing, or trying to do,
> with home routers:
>
> Amid Privacy Backlash, Cisco Says It’s Not Logging Your Web History
>
> http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-blog/2012-06-29-amid-privacy-backlash-cisco-says-its-not-logging-your-web-history/
>
> Cisco’s cloud vision: Mandatory, monetized, and killed at their
> discretion
>
> http://www.extremetech.com/computing/132142-ciscos-cloud-vision-mandatory-monetized-and-killed-at-their-discretion
>
> Part of their service agreement read, or reads: "When you use the
> Service, we may keep track of certain information related to your use
> of the Service, including but not limited to...network traffic (e.g.,
> megabytes per hour); Internet history"
>
> I remember from Eben's original talk on FreedomBox he described it as
> something people would use to replace their home wireless routers. They
> go to the store to buy a new wireless router, and buy a FreedomBox
> instead of a WeSpyOnYouBox.
>
> I wonder if this might be a good target for a first release of
> FreedomBox? Have it just be something people use to replace their
> current home routers.
>
> Then later releases would add to that, with extra features beyond being
> just a router.
>
> OpenWRT comes to mind, although it's not Debian. How hard would it be
> to get Debian running on a home router type of device, with the
> features users would expect from a simple home router? (Or, maybe
> Debian's already been ported to a device like this?)
>
> One of the big advantages I see to this is that it narrows the focus.
> We'd get something usable out sooner rather than later. Then over
> time services could be added, in later releases.
>
> "FreedomBox. Routing without the spying."  :-)
>
>
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