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What is OpenWrt?
OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.
Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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Second Wireless Battle Mesh WBM2009 v2 (Brussels, 17-18 October)
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HackerSpaceBrussels announces the second Wireless Battle Mesh
WBM2009 v2 (Brussels, 17-18 October)
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HackerSpaceBrussels (HSB) announces the second Wireless Battle Mesh,
which aims to test 3 popular WiFi routing protocols (OLSR, Batman and
Babel), in Brussels on Saturday and Sunday 17-18 October 2009.
Agenda
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* Tue 06 Oct @ 21:00: final IRC meeting to prepare the design of the
networks (see below)
* Sat 10 Oct @19:30: IPv6 presentation (Filip P.) + panel on
possibilities and pittfalls of IPv6 for free networks
* Tue 13 Oct - Fri 16 Oct: OpenWRT workshops (we're still up to
organising things, some points of interest: openwrt installation and
config, kamikaze build environment, ssh keys infrastructure, firmware
generation, UCI configuration tool, asterisk/ SIP phone)
* Friday 16th Oct @ 18:00 : Deploy the nodes
* Sat 17 Oct @ 14:00: Deploy the nodes, setup tests
* Sat 17 Oct @ 19:00: concert "I'm sitting under an antenna" v.a.,
org. by OKNO
* Sun 18 Oct @ 14:00: The battle! :-)
IRC meetings
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We setup some IRC meetings to prepare the configuration: IP's, versions,
and everything that took too much time at WBM v1. The meetings will be
held on the tuesdays of 15 and 22 September and 06 October at 21:00 CET
on irc.freenode.net channel #hsbxl. People from brussels and around are
invited to join us at the hackerspace.
Fee
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The event is free. We'll kindly ask you for a donation to cover some
costs.
Location
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Okno
Quai des Charbonnages 30-34
1080 Brussels
http://okno.be
http://tinyurl.com/oknomap
Transport
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* Metro: Compte de Flandres / Graaf van Vlaanderen
* Train: Go to Brussels central station and take metro from there
(metro 5 direction Erasmus)
* Route planner in Brussels: http://mivb.be/index.htm
Registration
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Space is limited, so we ask you to register in advance by registering:
1. send an email with your name and surname to contact at voidpointer.be
AND
2. register on Doodle: http://www.doodle.com/7yzcn8ptibyq7gxv
Requirements
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* Bring your laptop/computer
* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed
* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors
Accomodation
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* Zoobab is offering some free space to sleep (contact him at zoobab at
gmail.com)
* If you have problems finding accomodation, let us know (contact at
voidpointer.be) -- there always be some couches free at HSB.
Contact
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Email: contact at voidpointer.be
Tel (ptr_): +32 493 52 50 09
Tel (zoobab): +32 484 56 61 09
Links
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http://hackerspace.be/wbm2009v2
http://www.olsr.org
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/babel/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.
http://hackerspace.be/wbm2009
http://www.tmplab.org/2009/02/16/first- … 09-tmplab/
http://openwrt.org/
http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Wi … attle_Mesh
OpenWrt joins SPI as associated project
OpenWrt and Software in the Public Interest (SPI) are pleased to announce an agreement to place OpenWrt under the SPI umbrella as an associated project. OpenWrt has hereby become a non-profit organization with the benefits this entails. OpenWrt joins such esteemed free and open source projects as Debian, PostgreSQL, OpenOffice.org, and madwifi.org. SPI makes a complete list of its associated projects available on its website.
Gregers Petersen, OpenWrt liaison to SPI, said: "Becoming a member of SPI strengthens OpenWrt by defining us as a project rather than a group of individuals. OpenWrt chose to join SPI due to its strong position as legal entity, their purpose and goals are consistant with our views and OpenWrt alreadey had lasting relationships with several other SPI member projects. OpenWrt believes that collaboration is one of the forces which drives free software forward and extending the SPI umbrella is a manifestation of this"
Jimmy Kaplowitz, SPI Secretary, said: "We welcome OpenWrt into its new relationship with SPI. OpenWrt has a long history of enabling wireless networking equipment owners to have full control and flexibility to use their devices in countless ways. We look forward to supplying OpenWrt with the organizational assistance they need to flourish as a valuable free software project."
Further information about the OpenWrt project is found here: https://dev.openwrt.org
Or visit the SPI website http://spi-inc.org/
OpenWrt @ LinuxTAG 2009 in Berlin, Germany
OpenWrt will this year have a booth at "LinuxTAG 2009" (www.linuxtag.org), taking place in Berlin, Germany from 24th to 27th of June.
The OpenWrt booth will be located at hall7.2b, and it is shared with the kvm-project.
For those who are going to attend the LinuxTag 2009 event, please feel free to visit, ask, entertain and talk to the OpenWrt developers who staff the booth.
OpenWrt appreciates getting in touch with our community as well as people, organizations and companies interested in OpenWrt and embedded development.
The OpenWrt Team :-)
Kamikaze 8.09.1
The OpenWrt team would like to announce the release of Kamikaze 8.09.1
The official binaries, generated from svn r16278, can be found here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09.1/
This is an update of the 8.09 release, with the following notable changes:
* broken mac80211 drivers removed, updated versions will be available in next release
* fix port forwarding NAT issues in brcm-2.4
* use latest stable 2.6.25 & 2.6.26 linux kernels
* include hostapd fixes
* include madwifi updates & fixes
* include sysupgrade enhancements & fixes
* include udhcpc DHCP client enhancements
* remove support for madwifi on 2.4
* enable multicast routing by default
* switch rb532 to 2.6.23
* ADSL Annex-A firmware added to AR7 images
* allow static routes without gateway in config
* allow overriding of DNS servers assigned by DHCP
* enable PXE-boot support in dnsmasq
* add libnl-tiny & wprobe backported from trunk
* include most ethernet drivers in x86 images
* update LuCI to v0.8.7
For a complete list of changes refer to https://dev.openwrt.org/milestone/Kamikaze%208.09.1
Yours truly,
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The new release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill
OpenWrt supports Cavium Octeon SoC
Since changeset 15640 OpenWrt now supports the Cavium Octeon SoC, thanks to the recent work of David Daney.
CommentsOpenWrt & "Botnet Worm Targets DSL Modems and Routers"
Just a little clarification regarding the article [1] recently posted on /. about a stealth router-based botnet [2]:
- OpenWrt blocks any open port from the WAN side by default ;
- OpenWrt does not provide a "default" password ;
- Any device with weak passwords that can run the binary is vulnerable ;
- As far as we know, there is no core vulnerability in OpenWrt requiring a security fix.
If you opened SSH on the WAN port, ensure you use a strong password for your "root" account, or disable password authentication and rely on key based authentication.
Yours truly,
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The OpenWrt team
1. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/2257252
2. http://dronebl.org/blog/8
HEADS UP -- Server upgrade @ 2009-03-29
Hi all,
As the current OpenWrt box has been serving the project for almost 4 years, it was clear sooner or later it will reach it's limits. Thanks for the spammers mainly from Asia the time has come.
The OpenWrt server will be upgraded (both hardware and software wise) on Sunday. As the the infrastructure will change as well, please bare with us as we iron out the rough edges.
Cheers,
Imre