On Aug 11, 2011, at 10:41 AM, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >>> And your average home user, whose WiFi network is an open network named >>> "linksys" is going to do that how? >> >> Because the routers that come on pantries and refrigerators will probably be >> made by people smarter than the folks at Linksys? > > One could argue that routing and access control is even less of a core > business feature for pantry and refrigerator manufacturers than it is > for Linksys. So I wouldn't rule this out - but I'm definitely in the > sceptical camp. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
Let's face it... CPE security needs are going to be radically different and consumer expectations are going to rise quickly in this area with IPv6. I suspect both refrigerator/pantry makers _AND_ Linksys et. al. will be forced to adapt. Owen
