OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 2: The Security Audit

You’ve built your “walled garden” but in the networking world, if you haven’t tested it, you haven’t secured it. A single misconfiguration can turn a fortress into an open door. Here is your post deployment checklist. Do not skip these; they are the difference between a secure setup and a false sense of security. The… Read More OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 2: The Security Audit

OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 1: How to Isolate IoT Devices with VLANs and Firewall Zones

If you are running a smart home, you have probably got a dozen devices, lightbulbs, cameras, smart plugs, that probably shouldn’t be chatting with your main PC or your NAS. In a standard home network, everything is “flat.” If one cheap, insecure IoT device gets compromised, it has a direct line to your private files… Read More OpenWrt Network Segmentation Part 1: How to Isolate IoT Devices with VLANs and Firewall Zones