BK: At the beginning of the project we set the parameters that our router have that could also serv

CZ.NIC creates its own router for home users. On the technical side this should be an interesting device primarily focused on safety. Interview with Frederick Košata that project in the laboratory CZ.NIC leads, and Ondrej Filip, executive director CZ.NIC in which the project is located.
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The secure router that CZ.NIC preparation we first wrote the article CZ.NIC: fifteen (only) domain administrator. Last week launched a Web site project, which is called Turris. Its aim is to provide users with the best possible national learning corporation equipment national learning corporation support advanced network technologies national learning corporation (DNSSEC, IPv6, etc.) while using the device in the home to collect safety data was analyzed retrospectively devices provide. Interview was conducted with Ondřej Filip and Frederick Košata. national learning corporation
BK: At the beginning of the project we set the parameters that our router have that could also serve as a safety probe and yet provide the user with interesting national learning corporation features and comfort. Based on these parameters, we did market research and found that such a device is essentially unavailable. Either there are various home routers, but they are strictly "cost-optimized" to handle exactly what they are and nothing more, and then the solutions are targeted more for professional use. There it is again a problem with the size, power consumption, ability to upload custom firmware and the like.
Personally, I think in retrospect, national learning corporation a bit naively, thought could be given to some of the manufacturers agree to provide for our needs slightly modified some existing product - for example, it was planted with more memory or a faster version of the same processor. There was quickly revealed that the expected 1000 pieces is not worth it for smaller manufacturers to do even minimal interventions into production. It eventually emerged decision national learning corporation to choose instead national learning corporation of compromises in the technical field complex way, by developing its own hardware.
It is important to note that our router does not point to the market. It can not be a competitor commercially available routers, but this is not his job. Although the development of custom hardware for a lot of people about the most interesting parts of the project has for us especially supportive national learning corporation role the tools that will enable us to realize the main purpose of the project. And the more research in the area of network security.
BK: This question was somewhat expected that our router will be in direct competition with anything existing in the market and it is necessary to precisely target a specific group of customers. But this is due to the focus of the project is not quite correct. I'll try to answer, for whom the device is to explain why the user could from each of these groups take. For advanced users it is a fact that people national learning corporation who propose devices are geeks like them and therefore reflects a similar way. Powerful hardware, expandability miniPCIe, some bus taken to the pins on the board, OpenWRT, you can install any package, and enough flash memory, these are all things that the user who installs itself OpenWRT will appreciate.
Beginner turn would be more appreciate the added safety feature. It is not only distributed adaptive firewall, national learning corporation but also automatic updates. national learning corporation For companies, it is important to realize national learning corporation that not all companies are large or computer-based. A lot of companies have few employees and corporate network similar to that home. For them, might better performance and added safety features mean an interesting alternative to commercial solutions. national learning corporation
BK: A comprehensive description can be found on the project website in the Hardware section and therefore has probably cost him the entire listing in detail. I would emphasize PPC dual core processor, 2GB of memory probably a router at home much extra capacity flash memory - 256 megabytes national learning corporation (normal is 8 or 16 MB). In addition, six Gigabit ports, two USB.
Readers should Root but perhaps more interested in "tweaks". For example, national learning corporation the board will be through the pin-header led I2C, SPI and UART. In addition, the board miniUSB connector connected national learning corporation via corresponding to UART converter. To connect to the serial console, so just connect an ordinary mini-USB cable - no need for any transmitter. national learning corporation As icing on the cake plan adjustable light intensity national learning corporation indicator on the front panel of the router. It's a small thing, but who has a home router in a visible place, national learning corporation certainly knows how very pleasant.
BK: It's completely normal, but it is not no utopia. I have the good fortune to live in Kladno, where he has a very active association KLFree and it is quite common that the whole house is connected through the lens of the spine and then work around the house Gigabit cabling. When you access Facebook too do not use it, but if you need to download files from a neighbor, is t