02.11.2025 –, A113 Jazyk: English
OpenWrt is most often seen as a flexible firmware for consumer routers — but it can also be a powerful tool in software development and testing. In this talk, I will show how easy it is to set up a router with OpenWrt and get started with its intuitive web interface. From there, we’ll look at how we use OpenWrt in practice: configuring custom firewall rules for traffic shaping, running OpenNDS as a captive portal to test authentication flows, and integrating mitmproxy for complex scenarios that require deep inspection or modification of traffic. Together these capabilities turn an inexpensive router into a versatile, reproducible testbed for networking features, security workflows, and real-world user conditions.
Hey! I'm Jan and I did get all my current experience purely from Brno - went to high school in Olomoucka street, attended VUT FIT until I finally got my master's degree and throughout that time I was involved in development of tools for network engineers, aerospace software or endpoint security software. Right now, I'm working for Jamf on a Zero Trust Network Access application called Jamf Trust.
Apart from all of that, I'm repairing and riding vintage bikes in my free time and my latest hobby is my rusty Volkswagen van from 1987 that I'm repairing in my garage. So if you'd be bored of the IT stuff I'm about to talk about, we can talk about rust treatment instead.