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Jason Miller, 2004-12-01

Trust with hardware vendors for open source systems is becoming a one-way street, where in exchange for support they offer a closed source binary solution with no provision to audit security.

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Closed Source Hardware - Clarifications 2004-12-06
Jason V. Miller (Author)
The following links can provide you with some background information on the Atheros-related issue that I'm talking about here, where operating systems are using an in-kernel closed-source component to allow the operating system to communicate with the hardware.

MADwifi FAQ
http://www.mattfoster....

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