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@@ -14,6 +14,83 @@ open source `openpilot` AI for "self-driving" cars.
 See `docs/` directory for more info.
 
 
+# Setup
+The default OpenPilot setup requires having accounts with proprietary
+services. This can be worked around.
+
+## Setup SSH Without Proprietary Service on Comma Three
+Here is HOWTO connect to a Comma Three device without using proprietary
+services.
+
+
+
+The official CommaAI SSH wiki docs are here, but they note they are not for the
+current version of OpenPilot:
+
+* https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/wiki/SSH
+
+The CommaAI proxy that OpenPilot uses is, sadly, github.
+This is to be avoided.
+Another set of docs here:
+
+* https://ssh.comma.ai/
+
+The above docs are reference, but not how it will be performed below.
+The hostname used will be `tici` as that is what the device is named upstream.
+
+
+This is most easily done with a laptop or similar on the same wifi network
+as the Comma Three.
+
+
+This needs to be done on a new device, or a device that has been reset
+to factory shipping. When the device boots up, go through all the initial
+steps to get it connected to the Internet via wifi. Stop at the step
+that reads `Choose Software to Install`.
+
+
+At this point, the Comma Three is on the wifi network, and SSH is running
+with a shared root ssh key by default. Get the device's IP address from
+DHCP logs on the DHCP server (e.g. router/firewall).
+
+
+On the laptop, set up `~/.ssh/config` thusly, using the device's IP from DHCP
+in place of example `192.168.1.100` below:
+
+```
+Host tici
+	User comma
+	Hostname 192.168.1.100
+	Identityfile ~/.ssh/key.pem
+	Port 8022
+```
+
+You need to get that SHARED ROOT SSH KEY from github to log into the account:
+
+```
+wget -O ~/.ssh/key.pem https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commaai/openpilot/master/tools/ssh/id_rsa
+```
+
+Then make sure your SSH permissions are happy (and your homedir...):
+
+```
+chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+chmod 600 ~/.ssh/key.pem ~/.ssh/config
+```
+
+Once that is set up, you should be able to SSH into the device thusly:
+
+```
+ssh tici
+```
+
+
+
+Another way to do this would be to hijack DNS on your own wifi to intercept
+the Comma Three's connection to github, then redirect the connection to
+your own server. It depends if it barfs on the SSL or not.
+
+
 # Unofficial
 This repository, documentation and code is
 unofficial, unaffiliated with Comma AI.