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Is there a way to prove that a device claiming to run OpenWrt is actually running it and not a modified, compromised version of it?

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Pretty much all the routers that are targeted by the ban would be OpenWrt derivatives, AFAICT. It’s basically the Android of routers, except without the Google resources.

Google Wifi Is one of the main lines that aren’t based on OpenWrt.

I don’t operate any OpenWrt-based devices.

Ubiquiti built a multi-billion dollar company on modified OpenWRT.

Just in case anyone else was wondering, it seems that some early products (running AirOS) were modified versions of OpenWRT, but later software/hardware is not.

So yes, this comment is correct, but it threw me since I wasn’t following the company back then and I hadn’t heard of that history before.

Pretty sure the unifi firmware on APs is still modified openwrt as are many of their other products.

Just look for syswrapper.sh

(Very long time ubiquiti user, alpha tester, etc)

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