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  1. S

    Spoof email purported to be from Norton

    I have an MBAM real time, which is a permanent licence - 10 years old — associated with one of the emails, which is no longer used except personal communications. I use a different email for shopping and a lot of them get forwarded via hide my IP. My AV is with bitdefender for 2 devices. It...
  2. Yota

    Tutorial How to reset encrypted admin password via SSH

    Asus and Asuswrt-Merlin have introduced encrypted passwords since 3.0.0.4.384_81790 and 384.17 firmware, which I appreciate, but I messed up a few days ago. I tried backing up all encrypted password hashes in nvram in ssh and re-writing to nvram, but I found that even though nvram didn't change...
  3. J

    ASUS Router Security

    It bothers me that ASUS routers do not provide an option in setup to prevent access to their Web management pages from the WAN. All routers I've used previously have done this, and often more, like preventing wireless login to the management pages and/or allowing only specified MAC addresses to...
  4. S

    Another firewall advice

    I have lost my second PfSense router to another friend of mine for the 2nd time in as many years! Anyway, they were on an old hardware and I was planning an upgrade; because, we have starting planning a home-automation project. We want to lockdown the network before we do anything on this...
  5. Yota

    Is considering creating an anti-malware program for Asuswrt-Merlin firmware

    Asuswrt and Merlin usually have more frequent security updates than any soho routers on the market, but I have found that many forum members have reported malware in the past few years. some are in the form of scripts and some are binary files. because of the persistent jffs , malware and...
    • Yota
    • Thread
    • anti-malware anti-virus router security security
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Asuswrt-Merlin
  6. D

    Add Wireless AP to my LAN, but prevent Wireless Clients from Accessing any LAN resources?

    I have a wired LAN. Currently there is no wireless access to it. If I add a wireless access device to let mobile devices have access to the Internet. how can I ensure that any device connected to the wireless access device cannot access any resources on my LAN? They should be routed straight to...
  7. trinketsecurity

    Home network security with limited budget and using existing hardware only

    I'm new to SNBforums, and I am a university student that have studied some networking and network security courses. I know some things about system hardening, VLANs, subnetting, security configurations to benchmarks/best practices and some more. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I feel...
  8. osajoseph

    Solved Possibility to increase the length of the password (16 characters for the moment) ?

    Hi guys, The security aspect is important and many people have more than 12 characters. In my case, I have more than 16 and I have to change the HTML attribute maxlength="16" to a higher value at each connection. It would be interesting to increase the password length to at least 20 characters...
  9. E

    Understanding what VPN Port Forwarding does locally

    I use a VPN service provider (similar to NordVPN etc), which offers port forwarding (opening ports). My understanding is that this is beneficial for some applications, such as BitTorrent. However, I am trying to understand what the functionality of opening ports actually accomplishes...
    • essence
    • Thread
    • firewall port forward openvpn port forwarding security vpn
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: VPN
  10. D

    how worried should I be at these suspicious settings?

    This evening, while trying to figure out why my kid can't play Dragonvale over Wifi, I discovered that DDNS was enabled on my router -- i had one of those asuscomm domain names assigned to me. Worse, Samba was turned on. I have two USB drives where I sftp restic and duplicity backups from a...
  11. P

    Exposing the ASUSWRT WebUI to WAN Safely

    Hello everyone, Long time reader and first time poster here. First of all I would like to thank everyone contributing to the AsusWRT Merlin project. Much gratitude and respect, especially to Merlin himself! I have read time and time again that ASUSWRT's WebUI is not hardened enough to be...
    • pombiiii
    • Thread
    • asuswrt asuswrt merlin security wan access webui
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Asuswrt-Merlin
  12. L

    VLAN on NEW Router... or Separate Routers for IoT and Security

    Hello and the best of 2021 to everyone. I have recently moved to a new home in BC (Canada) and have brought all of my previous gear along. I have a fair bit of hardware accumulated over the years that can be incorporated into a more secured network design. However, I have not yet concluded on...
    • ldesmar
    • Thread
    • home network setup iot security need help netgear nighthawk nvidia shield recommendations security vlan vlan tagging wifi access point
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General Network Security
  13. Skeptical.me

    Possible Router Security Conflict with QBitTorrent

    Hi, ASUS RT-AX88U, AUSWRT-Merlin 384.19. I installed QBitTorrent in a Container on my QNAP TS-253Be I'm certain I've set it up correctly and followed all instructions carefully. The Torrents I'm downloading have enough people seeding, but after I add a torrent it starts to download then...
  14. W

    NAS security help.

    Hi all. I'm new here, so apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I recently added a Synology NAS to my home network. It has a dedicated IP that is entirely detached from all my other network hardware. The NAS is used as a backup server for an identical unit at my business address and...
  15. C

    Fraunhofer Home Router Security Report 2020

    I found this as it does not really say enough other than running an old kernel in Linux is a problem. Probability they found a lot of old routers out there. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/home-routers-are-all-broken-finds/
  16. Skeptical.me

    Have I had a security breach?

    Any advice is very appreciated. Thanks for taking a look. I'm very lacking in what these things are actually saying, and I'm not too sure what to look for in the routers logs. I'm not even sure the two next images are related. (I don't have any device with an LAN IP 192.168.50.28) I'm...
  17. K

    Change used computer unique numbers

    I have a used Dell laptop and wonder if its possible to make that laptop to change everything. Mac adress i know you can change. But is it possible to change every other identifier on the computer that existed before I got it? And is it enough to just do format on the drives and windows...
  18. xendi

    FTP WAN Setting Disregarded For VPN Client IP - Major Security Flaw

    This is a disaster. I have the FTP Share enabled with anonymous login, which should be no problem because I have "Enable WAN Access" disabled. Out of curiosity, I ran nmap on my WAN's IP address. The results: PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 8200/tcp open trivnet1 (The DLNA server) I...
  19. R

    Unsure best direction for better logging and securing IoT devices

    I'm into IoT and home automation, but I'm embarrassed to admit I've rather ignored the security aspects of my home network so far. I'd be really grateful for some guidance on the best direction to address this, especially if anyone thinks I might be wasting my time looking into building a NG...
  20. Julio Urquidi

    CES 2020:TP-Link Announces Enhanced Home Network Security Solution

    TP-Link has announced HomeCare Pro powered by Avira, the second generation of the company's home network security solution. Not to be confused with the earlier iteration of TP-Link HomeCare, the new Pro version adds IoT device protection and parental controls. HomeCare Pro can identify new...
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