83% of the routers contain severe security issues
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anticupidon
Those who flashed DD-WRT on their router can sleep better?
My pfSense box project is 95% finished, more reason to hurry up.
Size_Mick
It would be really helpful if the firmware updates that vendors provided were checked more thoroughly for bugs. More than once I've flashed a new firmware only to find that it breaks features of the router, and had to flash to an older version to make it fully functional. This has been across multiple brands popular with consumers.
X7007
Or MikroTick hAP ac^2 router which have it all and you never need to restart it only when it updates, and it has a lot of update which gives improvements all the times, and it's tiny like a little watch box.
Enizax
At this point, would the only way to be remotely secured to go full manual with something like a PFSense box?...
anticupidon
looks like it. even so, hardware firmware's could betray you.
very few processors are truly open and have their internal software blobs audited for backdoors.
paranoia never ever stops.
antiseptic
insp1re2600
PrMinisterGR
Corrupt^
sykozis
My ISP requires that their supplied "modem/router" is used. There is no option for a simple "modem".....or, in my case, a simple "gateway" device. At least with the last place I lived, I could have wired by own router directly to the ONT if I didn't care to watch TV on occasion....or have a kid that likes to watch TV. I have found that my ISP almost never updates their supplied "modem/router".... The unit I turned in a couple weeks ago was still running the same firmware from 2 years ago. The unit I had before that was running 4+ year old firmware.
It was nice to see my router on that list of tested routers. Also got an e-mail from Netgear that there was a new firmware update released for my router today. Not happy that the list of "vulnerability free" routers was not published.... This is now the second update for my Netgear router in the last 2 months.
Corrupt^
You mean the TV boxes need their own seperate IP address from the ISP? That can often be done if you can configure separate VLAN's, etc on your own router.
sykozis
Mateja
and lo ~ I have a router update! thnx for the heads up! (even updated just a month ago).
if anyone needs help do this:
open file explorer (the folder icon on the taskbar)
click "network" on the left
in windows 10, my wifi router appears under "network infrastructure" as "R7000 (Gateway)"
right click that > "view device webpage"
if it's netgear, The user name is admin, and the password is password
you may see a flag to update firmware at the top of that main page, if not,
click "advanced" tab > click "administration" on the left > "router update"
again, you should see update firmware, but if not click "check"
let it take the time to update and reset your router (no internet for a minute while it resets)
as for your cable modem, google your device model number. if it's like mine, it says that firmware updates are pushed by your ISP so no worries there 🙂
other tips to maximize security:
- there may be an option to auto update on your router page (expect to be kicked offline sometimes but who knows maybe it's smarter and knows your idle time like windows 10 updates now)
- keep windows up to date (type 'check for updates' on windows 10 search bar) > click "check now" if they don't appear already
- keep your pc up to date w/ manufacturer software (for me it's the "Lenovo vantage" windows 10 app. this pc updates its bios etc a lot)
- use a wired connection directly from your cable modem to your newest PC (a new chipset that's designed to not have spectre and meltdown vulnerabilities etc).
sykozis