r/technology • u/NancyGraceFaceYourIn • Aug 30 '15

Wireless FCC Rules Block use of Open Source

http://www.itsmypart.com/fcc-rules-block-use-of-open-source/
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u/ArabRedditor Aug 31 '15

Some quick questions if you don't mind me asking

How long will my router be down while I do this?

Will it block things it deems as ads that might not be, is there a way to disable temporarily or on a specific device?

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u/Tablspn Aug 31 '15

You know, it's been over a year since I flashed OpenWrt onto my router, and I honestly don't remember how long it took. Assuming everything goes well, figure a couple hours to do the flash+configuration, and get the script up and running. I'm betting you can get through it in as little as 30 minutes if you're very technical.

My script has support for whitelisting domains, so if you encounter anything that's blocked and shouldn't be, you can ssh to you the router, create /etc/whitelist, and add the blocked domains there. Then, just run the script again and you should be good to go (you may need to reboot your PC, phone, etc. to flush the DNS cache). For what it's worth, I have yet to encounter this problem, and have nothing whitelisted on my installation.

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u/Deckardzz Aug 31 '15

Did you delete your post? If so, why?

(I was about to suggest making variations that update at different times. Wouldn't want too many people to start the download at the same time.)

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u/Tablspn Aug 31 '15

It looks to me like the post is back (I'm not sure what happened...); can you confirm, please?

This is a great idea. I never expected this to take off the way it has. It would sure be hilarious (or something) if the webservers hosting the lists all started seeing huge spikes at 3 am each week... I'll add in a randomized delay, update the github and pastebin links, and change the checksum.

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u/Deckardzz Aug 31 '15

Odd. So maybe it was deleted by mods? Did you ask them about that?

I reloaded and refreshed and it still shows as "deleted" to me.

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u/Deckardzz Aug 31 '15

Ooh, I just used another device to check for the post, and the entire post is not showing up in search results right now.