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access to router source code
I find that the HT2000w router I received today is running Linux. Linux version 3.3.8 (bruce_ma@debian-wheezy-i386) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #1 Fri May ...
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I could care less if there is a difference between the "modem" and "router", you will get the same response that Jezra did.Hi Liz
I think your response may have been colored by the oddly aggressive posts by the other forum members.
As you can see in that old quoted thread, it was asking a wholly different question unrelated to this one.
The router of this modem *is* running Linux with Busybox. Both of which are under the GPL v2 license. It is not a question of what OS the modem's router is running. That is already clearly available from the modem's syslog as I quoted in the original post.
For your reference:
https://busybox.net/license.html#enforce
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/kernel-enforcement-statement.html
Please do pass this on up your support channels.
Thank you.
It's industry practice to publish the included GPL source/binaries. Everyone does it, including linksys, cisco et al.... There are no secrets here and nothing can be reverse engineered from it's disclosure other then the OS it's running. If Liz forwards this up the chain to the system engineers i'm sure they will quickly address.
Just to be clear, he's not asking for the source code of the modem's firmware, or any proprietary code at all, simply the source for the GPL used for the OS underneath it all, which is apparently a linux kernel running busybox
Fine and dandy, but, as I said, they wont release any information in regards to it. Hughesnet has always been super secretive about that stuff.
It's a fair question.... They appear to be running an un-patched and ancient version of BusyBox (circa 2011).... Which would/could be susceptible to multiple CVE's including most of these. By requesting the source, he will be able to quickly discern if appropriate patches have been refactored or not.
