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    Problem with SNBForums Moderator

    Absolutely no idea what you are referring to.
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    Is changing Iptables in Asuswrt-Merlin considered acceptable network management practice?

    There is no startup script. This isn't a SystemV or systemd Linux system. This is all handled by the monolithic rc process which dynamically generates and executes the iptables commands when a "restart_firewall" requests is sent to it. Once that's done, then it will check if there is a...
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    Problem with SNBForums Moderator

    The forum owner's email address is in the "Terms and Rules" link at the bottom of the site.
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    Is changing Iptables in Asuswrt-Merlin considered acceptable network management practice?

    I never said that. What I said was they were generated by the firmware, and not by a user-editable script. And in fact, I implemented the firewall-start and nat-start scripts specifically to allow users to customize the rules that the firmware generated. These two scripts do not exist in the...
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    Problem with SNBForums Moderator

    I locked the thread because you just posted in an 8 years old discussion. It's considered bad etiquettes on most forums to post in old threads. I've seen forums frowning upon posting on one month old thread. In this case it's been 8 years.
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    Where are the default iptables stored ?

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    Release ASUS RT-BE96U Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_38984 (2025/08/26)

    No. Already explained many times that a binary firmware is useless to me.
  8. RMerlin

    BE98 PRO What's Next?

    It has a whole separate computer built in, so the price is not surprising in any way.
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    Broadcom BCM6756 VS Mediatek filogic830 which CPU router is better?

    That's what reviews are for.
  10. RMerlin

    Broadcom BCM6756 VS Mediatek filogic830 which CPU router is better?

    Performance of the Wifi radios, for starter.
  11. RMerlin

    [Youtube] Video from Dave Plummer on online privacy, mainly DNS

    The same question applies to pretty much any service. - Who do you trust most for hosting your emails: Google, Microsoft, Proton or your ISP? - Who do you trust most for securing your PC: Eset, Trend Micro or Microsoft? - Who do you trust most for providing your reliable Internet access...
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    [Youtube] Video from Dave Plummer on online privacy, mainly DNS

    Requires web server support, and more complex to setup. Also I don't think the standard has been finalized yet, it's still at draft stage. EDIT: yep, still a draft: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-esni/25/
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    [Youtube] Video from Dave Plummer on online privacy, mainly DNS

    He does tend to shoot info at a fairly high pace, probably in part because he relies heavily on reading his text rather than just having a more natural talking presentation. But he usually does a good job at distilling it to the essential, and giving simple explanations to some of the more...
  14. RMerlin

    How to set 10MB half duplex on a LAN port for RT-BE86U

    Try putting a cheap 5 ports network switch between the router and the device. It might better handle the handshake of that antique device
  15. RMerlin

    DNS Providers - Who to trust?

    Recent video doing a great job at explaining how to protect your privacy, covering topics like DNS, SNI and VPN providers. https://www.snbforums.com/threads/youtube-video-from-dave-plummer-on-online-privacy-mainly-dns.95662/
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