<s>
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
is	O
Linux-based	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
wireless	B-Device
routers	I-Device
and	O
access	B-Device
points	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Linksys	B-Application
WRT54G	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
it	O
now	O
runs	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
third-party	B-Application
firmware	I-Application
projects	I-Application
designed	O
to	O
replace	O
manufacturer	O
's	O
original	O
firmware	B-Application
with	O
custom	O
firmware	B-Application
offering	O
additional	O
features	O
or	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
BrainSlayer	O
"	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
founder	O
and	O
primary	O
maintainer	O
of	O
the	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remainder	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
taken	O
from	O
the	O
Linksys	B-Application
WRT54G	I-Application
model	O
router	O
,	O
a	O
home	O
router	O
popular	O
in	O
2002	O
–	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WRT	O
is	O
assumed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
'	O
wireless	B-Device
router	I-Device
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buffalo	O
Technology	O
and	O
other	O
companies	O
have	O
shipped	O
routers	O
with	O
factory-installed	O
,	O
customized	O
versions	O
of	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Linksys	O
started	O
to	O
offer	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
firmware	B-Application
for	O
their	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
bespoke	O
firmware	B-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
as	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
Sveasoft	O
Alchemy	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Linksys	B-Application
WRT54G	I-Application
firmware	B-Application
22	O
23	O
Replaced	O
the	O
Alchemy	O
kernel	O
with	O
the	O
OpenWrt	B-Application
kernel	O
23	O
SP	O
1	O
In	O
this	O
service	O
pack	O
,	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
overhauled	O
and	O
rewritten	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
this	O
release	O
;	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
24	O
Allows	O
up	O
to	O
16	O
virtual	O
interfaces	O
with	O
different	O
SSIDs	O
and	O
encryption	B-Application
protocols	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
some	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
IXP425-based	O
router	O
boards	O
,	O
Atheros	O
WiSOC	O
,	O
and	O
X86-based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WRT54Gv8	O
or	O
WRT54GSv7	O
)	O
24	O
SP	O
1	O
26	O
July	O
2008	O
Critical	O
DNS	O
security	O
fix	O
for	O
an	O
issue	O
in	O
dnsmasq	B-Protocol
,	O
site	O
survey	O
security	O
fixes	O
,	O
longer	O
passwords	O
,	O
and	O
flexible	O
OpenVPN	B-Language
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
beta	O
Since	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
developers	O
have	O
frequently	O
published	O
beta	O
builds	O
for	O
various	O
routers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DD-WRT	B-Protocol
supports	O
many	O
different	O
router	O
models	O
,	O
both	O
new	O
and	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
