Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-15 Thread Peter Naulls
On 5/7/23 13:19, Hauke Mehrtens wrote: I check from time to time which companies in the US are looking for OpenWrt experts [0] to get an overview who is using it. About 10% to 30% of these job offers require clearance. It looks like the US military and US intelligence community is using Open

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-07 Thread Hauke Mehrtens
On 5/1/23 21:28, Peter Naulls wrote: For those of you who track the small but very real OpenWrt job market, you may have seen there's a creep into Defense/Clearance jobs. Here's but one example: https://careers-bluehalo.icims.com/jobs/3844/job As a self-declared pacifist (and anyway, dual c

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Dave Taht
On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 6:24 AM Peter Naulls wrote: > > Another impression I have, is that the OpenWrt project is very important > > for many yet under-resourced. > > There are some important tasks that would help with the long-term > > maintenance (e.g. merging of the mtk_nand for > > Does anyo

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Enrico Mioso
On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 09:34:01AM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: > On 5/2/23 09:31, Enrico Mioso wrote: > > On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 09:24:52AM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: > > > On 5/2/23 07:26, Enrico Mioso wrote: > > > > > > > > Another impression I have, is that the OpenWrt project is very > > > >

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Peter Naulls
On 5/2/23 09:31, Enrico Mioso wrote: On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 09:24:52AM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: On 5/2/23 07:26, Enrico Mioso wrote: Another impression I have, is that the OpenWrt project is very important for many yet under-resourced. There are some important tasks that would help with

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Enrico Mioso
On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 09:24:52AM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: > On 5/2/23 07:26, Enrico Mioso wrote: > > On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 04:56:36PM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: > > > On 5/1/23 16:42, Dave Taht wrote: > > > > > > > > > > one of the constraints OpenWrt has been placed under, historically, i

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Peter Naulls
On 5/2/23 07:26, Enrico Mioso wrote: On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 04:56:36PM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: On 5/1/23 16:42, Dave Taht wrote: one of the constraints OpenWrt has been placed under, historically, is the need to fit in small flash memoris, so fitting some libraries and infrastructure

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-02 Thread Enrico Mioso
On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 04:56:36PM -0400, Peter Naulls wrote: > On 5/1/23 16:42, Dave Taht wrote: > > > > > How a ragtag bunch of unincorporated (mostly?) peacenik hippie types > > can co-exist with devices being built by militaries out of this stuff > > I have few ideas. I prefer to shrink the w

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-01 Thread Peter Naulls
On 5/1/23 16:42, Dave Taht wrote: How a ragtag bunch of unincorporated (mostly?) peacenik hippie types can co-exist with devices being built by militaries out of this stuff I have few ideas. I prefer to shrink the world, and produce stable, secure, software, for everyone that wants it, but I lo

Re: OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-01 Thread Dave Taht
This is one of those uncomfortable situations. From where I sit (in the USA), Germany is viewed as an ally. There is a big shutdown of imports from China and Russia going on here; that also applies to software. In the embedded world, OpenWrt is a world leader here, with a reputation for quality and

OpenWrt vs Defense positions

2023-05-01 Thread Peter Naulls
For those of you who track the small but very real OpenWrt job market, you may have seen there's a creep into Defense/Clearance jobs. Here's but one example: https://careers-bluehalo.icims.com/jobs/3844/job As a self-declared pacifist (and anyway, dual citizen which would limit my ability to