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... and while we're at it: best alternative firmware? e.g. I liked DD-WRT, but they hadn't released version in ages - and e.g. use an exploitable version of the dropbear ssh server. I'm now using OpenWRT and am happy -- but I don't have enough time to really research.

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I would say OpenWRT wins in this category. It's not based on open sourced Linksys firmware anymore, it's a embedded distribution designed from scratch for modularity and portability. It really is a awesome piece of engineering which is fun to use and well documented in detail. If you want to extend the features of the router and add things like openvpn, ntp server, traffic shaping, asterisk pbx, tftp server or whatever comes to mind, openwrt most probably has it packaged and ready to use.

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