Captive Portal – DD-WRT

List of Chillispot Service Providers (CSPs)

A hosted Chillispot portal can be used to speed-up HotSpot setup and Management, and ease payment and other back-end requirements. Only a DD-WRT Device is necessary, the rest is done by third parties listed below.
Disclaimer: NONE of the following links are endorsements. You are Entirely Responsible Solely for your Choices.

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The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN

Summary: [Updated 4/2/2007 – follow-up article here] For the last three years, I’ve been meaning to put to rest once and for all the urban legends and myths on wireless LAN security. Every time I write an article or blog on wireless LAN security, someone has to come along and regurgitate one of these myths. If […]

via The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN | ZDNet.

pfSense Open Source Firewall Distribution

pfSense Open Source Firewall Distribution – Home.

pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.

House Kills SOPA

In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn’t quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate’s version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.

via House Kills SOPA – Denver Computers | Examiner.com.