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    News Trend Micro: Cyclops Blink Sets Sights on Asus Routers

    Firmware flashing malware could be neutered by requiring a button on the physical device is pressed that would enable flashing for 120 seconds or something. If no flash is initiated in that time the router's state returns to read only. Sure, some people might actually get up and press the button...
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    Each Firefox download has a unique identifier

    This kind of behavior has unfortunately been becoming more commonplace with Firefox. Late last year I finally ditched Firefox after 29 consecutive years of using Netscape -> Mozilla -> Firefox. I just couldn't support them anymore. The last decade or so they have seemed utterly determined to...
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    Also, most privacy policies are not legally binding contracts. If the provider violates their privacy policy there's no remedy, so effectively they're meaningless.
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    I'm still experiencing this intermittent outage using Quad 9 servers. I discovered quite by accident that if you leave the browser sitting at the NXDOMAIN error page, eventually the page loads anyway.
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    That's why I say it would be fun to get their upstream service disconnected, if only temporarily, by playing their DMCA game with them.
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    Sounds like a fun project to find their IP space and then report them to their upstream provider for seeding torrents.
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    I started receiving interesting errors trying to visit some sites I regularly visit for years. These errors coincide with experimenting with Cloudfare's DNS. Here's an example: Seems like something unrelated to Cloudfare, right? I dug a little deeper. Using Cloudfare's DNS servers the domain...
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    Without access to my DNS queries they only know the IP I'm connecting to. For many sites that could mean any number of hundreds of domains hosted on the same server. Google doesn't know anything I query or connect to unless my ISP is selling them that information. My personal reasons for using...
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    I haven't installed those versions because I don't intend to see those nags.
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    This: https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-4-is-now-available.76498/post-733166 https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-4-is-now-available.76498/post-733185 https://www.snbforums.com/threads/asuswrt-merlin-386-4-is-now-available.76498/post-733196
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    It will say: Server: RT-AX86U-AB41.router.lan Address: 192.168.1.1 *** RT-AX86U-AB41.router.lan can't find google.com: Non-existent domain It almost makes me think that sometimes a cache miss is interpreted as an NXDOMAIN. EDIT - Since this was an issue in my RT-AC88U and my RT-AX86U, I...
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    Is Asus still nagging about not using HTTPS? I don't intend to use any firmware that's intentionally designed to annoy me into participating in their security theater. That's what I'm using now and still experience the issue. It may come to that, although sometimes I can go a month or more...
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    Intermittent DNS failures

    I've been having trouble with intermittent DNS failures over the years, but I just chalked it up to issues with my dnscrypt-proxy setup. However, I've been running without it for the last few days and I am still experiencing the issue. The symptoms are that occasionally a well-known domain will...
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    Unknown MAC Address in logs

    The MAC belongs to Tuya Smart, Inc. By all appearances they are a Hong Kong based maker of smart switches, bulbs, etc. Do you have any of those sorts of devices? If not, perhaps a neighbor does.
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    The Uptime Contest

    Us too. Except my employer is making preparations to have everybody return in April. Not looking forward to the 3 hours of commuting every day again.
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    The Uptime Contest

    Nice. Since I'm not going to upgrade, In 6 days I'll have you beat :)
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    Let's Encrypt uses FQDN for certificate

    I solved it by not "upgrading". If Asus us going to nag me about how I want to use my router they can keep their firmware. I've been using a 12 year old Tomato on my Linksys without security issues so I have no problem doing the same for Asus. It is irritating to have to live with other people's...
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    AX86U vs AX88U 2.4 GHz range

    I'd just rather manage one router. 20W may seem like a tiny power draw, but at my current electrical rates it would cost around $50 more per year. Not a huge deal, but that stuff adds up. I don't think it would work out well anyway. It would have to be located in the same shelf as the AX88U it...
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    AX86U vs AX88U 2.4 GHz range

    I had an RT-AC88U for about 5 years and enjoyed 2.4 GHz signal everywhere on my property. This is important because cellular service here is horrible and I use WiFi calling. Since "upgrading" to an AX86U I have been sorely missing the range I used to get with the AC88U. The range is cut by at...
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    Testing different versions of Merlin / Merlin's Forks - How to safely switch?

    Ran Tomato for over a decade on my Linksys WRT54GS. Good stuff. Unfortunately it looks like they don't support modern Asus routers.
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