For some reasons, La Fonera only allow users to upload a firmware released by FON.com. The /bin/fonverify upgrade script written by Pablo Martin is using a public-key cryptography for protect the firmware images. Each firmware image has a RIPEMD-160 message digest for verification. Only the verified images will be wrote into the flash.
However, since La Fonera is OpenWRT-based, you can do anything on the device once you get login into the system. There are several ways to do so.
Thanks to YK, I’m one of the few lucky guys who can take la Fonera home.
Last Sunday, I attended to the Firefox 2 Party at Taiwan, and met Jordi Vallejo and YK again. We shares the new progress of FON.com last few weeks. Finally, FON.com is going to setup a new office in Taipei and sell La Fonera at December. FON.com is linking La Fonera with several services on the internet, and will provide new devices integrated with these creative features. They are also looking for people who can help to port the firmware on the hardware platforms. We exchanged some ideas and development informations on the wireless router, and YK gave me the new Fonera which was showing in the Firefox 2 Party.
上週二(2006/6/6)收到 OpenFoundry 的邀請信 (Spam ?)，說 6/6 晚上有一場分享式無線網路 FON 社群創辦人來台聊天會，信中鼓吹 「一起在輕鬆的氣氛下給予這個將要發芽的草根活動一點知識的灌溉，讓它能在台灣這塊美麗的土地上結出豐碩的自由果實」，這種園藝式的描述其實還頗噁爛的，特別是整個商務模式被包裝成某種形式的社會運動，報名的時候得填上 blog 網址，顯然是想找一些 blogger 來幫助搧風點火，Web 2.0 時代最便宜的宣傳方式。
