[ale] Happy to subscribe

[Boris Borisov]

But unsupported doesn't necessarily mean full of security holes. If you
know what are you doing.

On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 9:17 AM Charles Shapiro via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Yeah,  I wouldn't recommend this for most uses.
>
> -- CHS
>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 06:44 DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>
>> For clarity, most people shouldn't be using unsupported dd-wrt/openwrt
>> builds that aren't maintained and current.  Yes?
>>
>>
>> On 06/30/2018 10:23 PM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>> > The latter.  This router is bridging into a network containing nothing
>> > but student Raspberry Pi s which will be active for a matter of hours.
>> > It is not connected to the wider internet.  I wouldn't use it on a
>> > production network.
>> >
>> > My real problem is that I can't trust Windows to work with a USB to RJ45
>> > adapter.  When I tried an adapter on a random Windows laptop at Decatur
>> > Makers, it failed to recognize the device without a driver.  I am
>> > reluctant to spend much time on Windows technical support in a Raspberry
>> > Pi class. I figure that if they can't connect to WiFi, I can
>> > legitimately throw up my hands and say "Get a Real Computer".
>> >
>> > --CHS
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 13:13 DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org
>> > <mailto:ale at ale.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Charles, are you really using wifi router firmware from 2011 still?
>> >     The last version of openwrt that works on that hardware is 10.03.1
>> ...
>> >     https://archive.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/brcm-2.4/
>> >
>> >     Or do you compile your own that includes all the remote exploit
>> fixes
>> >     found sense then?
>> >
>> >     On 06/30/2018 08:42 AM, Charles Shapiro wrote:
>> >     > Hmm.  I just recently updated my WRT54GL from CoovaAP to OpenWRT.
>> >     That
>> >     > went pretty ok simple.   I dunno about using it as a portable
>> linux
>> >     > device. Seems like the RPi might be more suited to that.  At
>> least one
>> >     > of my friends is using one that way now.
>> >     >
>> >     > I have a go-ahead for a Raspberry Pi intro class at Decatur
>> Makers for
>> >     > the fall.  DM has a cardboard box with about 70 Raspberry Pi 2 Bs
>> >     in it
>> >     > (the one with 2 USB ports and an HDMI port). They lack SD cards
>> >     and wall
>> >     > warts, but will run the latest 'n' greatest raspbian no problem.
>> >     I've
>> >     > got the hardware and software developed, and I'm in process of
>> taking
>> >     > pictures and making a slide deck.  The current plan is to cover
>> three
>> >     > different ways to light an LED from the web:  CGI, CGI talking to
>> a
>> >     > daemon, and CherryPy (as an example of a web framework).  I'll
>> >     probably
>> >     > be looking for teaching assistants for this when the time gets
>> closer.
>> >     >
>> >     > -- CHS
>> >     >
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