Experts Unveil Plan For Secure Wi-Fi Routers

A group of more than 260 experts, including TCP / IP inventor Vinton Cerf, have unveiled a plan for secure Wi-Fi routers, which ultimately should lead to a faster, better and safer Internet. "Right now there are hundreds of millions of routers with serious leaks," said Dave Farber.

Farber was the former chief technology officer at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), the US telecoms regulator. He responded with the large group of experts on plans of the FCC. The regulator wants to use to adjust the rules for Wi-Fi equipment and other devices using radio frequencies. According to experts, these plans do not go far enough and they ensure that manufacturers can evade their responsibilities.

The experts therefore have a personal plan (pdf drafted) consisting of four points. Firstly, the source of Wi-Fi routers, open-source and are open to everyone. In addition, routers can be safely updated and the owner of the router must have control over them. Furthermore, manufacturers must within 45 days after being notified of updates for vulnerabilities come over the lifetime of the product, or five years after the router was last delivered.

Finally, the FCC must violating these rules can punish severely. So should be revoked for violations certification of the existing product and may be decided to certify products manufacturer no longer in severe cases. Additional questions to the experts that the FCC waive rules that conflict with open source best practices or ensure that manufacturers add undocumented code or use mechanisms through which users can not patch.

"We can not afford to let rot part of the infrastructure of the Internet. We have this proposal was made ​​because the wireless spectrum should not only be justified granted but must be used responsibly. By setting a minimum of openness which is used in the technology at the edge of the Internet, we can find any mistakes or cheating and quick fix, "said Vint Cerf, co-inventor of the TCP / IP protocol and therefore founder of the Internet.

Kickstarter For Wi-Fi Router With VPN And Anti-Virus

On Kickstarter is a crowdfunding campaign started for the Veil Tower, a Wi-Fi router with VPN and anti-virus. The developers hope in this way to win a sum of $ 250,000. The Veil Tower was developed by the American Veil Systems in Detroit.

The device uses open source software, proprietary software and software developed by others. According to the developers, it was impossible and unwise to independently develop all features. For devices that connect to the Veil Tower will automatically use a VPN connection. Furthermore, the device has a network-based anti-virus solution and the router can be managed via an app.

Of the proposed $ 250,000 is still a month to go a little over $ 4,000 raised. The money raised will be used for the production. If everything goes according to plan the Veil Tower will be delivered in the second quarter of 2016. The Wi-Fi router will cost $ 199, as much as the OnHub router Google.

Google Announces Its Own Wi-Fi Router To OnHub

Google has partnered with network manufacturer TP-Link announced a new Wi-Fi router called OnHub. According to the Internet giant, the new Wi-Fi router fast, safe and easy to use. The router automatically chooses the best channel for the fastest connection.

In addition, the device has a "unique antenna design" and "smart software" to ensure network performance. It is also possible to give a higher priority to certain devices. The Wi-Fi router can be operated via the Google On app for both Android and iOS is available. The app can be examined how much bandwidth connected devices consume and there may be a network check be performed. In the case of WiFi problems, the app also give advice.

The password for the Wi-Fi router is a "single tap" to ask, and then mail them to friends or to texts, says Trond Wuellner Google. One feature that is lacking in many WiFi routers, the automatic update feature. Security updates will be installed automatically in the event of OnHub. The Wi-Fi router is still only in the United States and Canada to order and costs 200 dollars.