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Hard_Drive
join:2008-10-04
Muskegon, MI
| reply to DogFace05
Re: [Preview] NAizer for CYT
This is great news, I have a couple of devices that I managed to unlock but not convert to true -NA devices, so it's possible, though not highly likely, they could go back to being locked to a provider. I'm just curious, though, will your program be able to recover devices if someone attempted to unlock them and botched it? I almost did that on one of the devices, but realized what I'd done wrong before it was too late.
Eventually what would be really great is if there were a way to modify the actual firmware to add capabilities not included by the manufacturer, such as some form of secure tunneling to an Asterisk server using something like an SSH or OpenVPN connection. But that's just a thought for future development - for now I'll be happy to see a working beta of your software as you've shown it here! | |
DogFace05
join:2005-12-09
Cary, NC
1 edit | said by Hard_Drive  :I'm just curious, though, will your program be able to recover devices if someone attempted to unlock them and botched it? The program depends on the device being able to boot and run normally. If someone has screwed it up such that it won't boot, well, then depending on the severity (whether the boot loader runs or not), it will likely be necessary to turn to either a serial interface or J-TAG to recover it. However, so long as the Linux installation and the web interface run normally, the program will provide full access to anything in the adapter's flash memory.
Eventually what would be really great is if there were a way to modify the actual firmware to add capabilities not included by the manufacturer, such as some form of secure tunneling to an Asterisk server using something like an SSH or OpenVPN connection. But that's just a thought for future development - for now I'll be happy to see a working beta of your software as you've shown it here!
That's what the SquashFS file system support is for. You'll be able to modify, replace, add anything to the firmware's SquashFS file system at your heart's content. If you want a different busybox with more features, just drag and drop a replacement over the current one. You want to modify the startup scripts? Just edit them with the built-in editor. Then commit the updates to flash. NAizer™ will rebuild the firmware image's file system and flash it for you. | |
toro
join:2006-01-27
Scarborough, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| said by DogFace05 :NAizer(tm) will rebuild ... Just curious, did you really register a TradeMark for your NAizer ? 
Anyways, the project looks great so far ! | |
DogFace05
join:2005-12-09
Cary, NC
1 edit | There are two forms of trademarking. One is a registered trademark, which is obtained by formally registering the trademark with the appropriate trademarking authority of your country, and paying any required fees, and entitles the owner to bear the encircled R mark, as in for example FrigginGadget®.
The other is the so-called poor-man's trade mark, which the trademark claimant simply claims by publicly using the mark with an appended raised ™, as in NAizer™, and doesn't cost a penny, nor requires any form of formal registration. The claimant does have a year to actually start marketing and selling the product for which the trademark is claimed, from the time it's first claimed, or the trademark becomes null and void.
The former trademark type does provide stronger legal protection, though, as its validity can more easily be verified and established, should it ever be challenged in court.
You can read more about it at the US Patent and Trademark office's web site. I'm not sure which the proper authority is in Canada, but trademarking rules are generally consistent throughout most western countries and elsewhere, through international trade agreements.
In the post you quoted, I thus made a public claim to the trademark. However, I did make a mistake, though, as writing tm in parentheses isn't the correct way of doing it--it has to actually be a raised TM appended to the claimed name. I have since corrected it, and again lay claim to NAizer™ as my trademark for any software and/or hardware product that permamently alters and/or removes the customization of any provider customized ATA or other embedded device.
I am actually the one who came up with and coined the verb to NAize (NAizing, etc) (in behind the scenes communications with various members of this forum, as well as posts here at DSLR), but it isn't something I believe or feel I could trademark, as it's now become so widely used (at least at this site). However, the specific noun NAizer, very much is something that I can trademark under the trademark rules, provided of course that noone else already has laid claim to it for a similar product. | |
Dan_voip
join:2007-01-03
Canada | Good news! I'm looking forward to test the NAizer on Dlink VTA if that will be covered. | |
DogFace05
join:2005-12-09
Cary, NC | Indeed, I do expect it to support the D-Link VTA. | |
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