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I’m currently staying in Luxembourg for the Hack.lu event and got pretty surprised when I attempted to connect on the hotel’s WiFi:

One access point per room ?! Well, that’s a first for me. It got even more intriguing when I had a look around in the room and couldn’t see any network equipment besides the phone:

⚠️ Museum post

This post is a piece of history of this blog, imported from older times where practices were different. It remains online for the sake of sharing information, but should not be used at face value anymore.

Introduction

I have a very limited trust in my ISP. In the country where I live, much like almost everywhere in Europe, we have pretty good Internet service with routers provided by the ISP. They give you a box, you connect it to your landline, and ta-daa the Web is all yours. Except you have zero control over said box and it’s basically an open door towards all your equipment for the ISP.