-Fran- LOL. There's not much else I can say or comment on, really. The lolcow of policies, for sure. Regards. Reply
Jeremy Kaplan Reports say the CEO of TP-Link is going to pay $1M for the Trump gold citizenship card. Probably unrelated … right? Reply
jp7189 Fortigate is US based, but manufactured overseas primarily in China/Taiwan. Where do they fall in this? They were utterly pwned by Volt for 5 years before they noticed it. As far as i can tell it was due to software defects and not due to hardware. Banning hardware doesn't fix incompetent software devs. Reply
bloodroses Remember, this is the same government that wants to ban VPNs and require age verification for your OS. Who's to say they won't implement simiar into the routers themselves. Can we say nanny state? Reply
TechieTwo The sad reality is most people don't even know enough to change the default password on their modem and router. That's why so many are compromised and used for attack bots in addition to exposing everything on your PC. 😡 A properly configured router can also prevent your router and other hardware from calling a nefarious third world country. Reply
coolitic I think a good solution would be to set some standards and regulations that hold router companies liable if a readily-exploitable vulnerability was used to compromise their routers, like for botnets for instance. Reply
TechieTwo coolitic said: I think a good solution would be to set some standards and regulations that hold router companies liable if a readily-exploitable vulnerability was used to compromise their routers, like for botnets for instance. Unfortunately companies are not held accountable for any security defects – even when they are fully aware of them. See Windows/Microsoft as a good example. Much of the hardware OSs are totally insecure and even when the hardware mfgs. are notified they take their time to correct the security risks. Some companies just EOL the product so they don't need to provide any support. It's disgraceful, IMNHO. :angry: THIS is why people should take modem/router security more seriously: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/over-14-000-routers-were-hijacked-in-malicious-global-cyberattack/ar-AA1Zhxkr?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=69c2a78ae25540889d2465461625eee6&ei=120 Reply
thestryker As far as I'm aware there are no consumer routers built in the US. Vietnam seems to be the current hub for the majority of consumer routers. All of the exploits are also software based, even if it's a hard coded flaw, so this restriction wouldn't help there in the first place. Reply
TechieTwo thestryker said: As far as I'm aware there are no consumer routers built in the US. Vietnam seems to be the current hub for the majority of consumer routers. All of the exploits are also software based, even if it's a hard coded flaw, so this restriction wouldn't help there in the first place. The key here might be the term: "consumer grade" as there are more Biz oriented rounters that are likely more secure. I'm sure the better routers/companies will seek a proper Conditional Approval. As has been demonstrated many times "consumer grade" routers ARE extremely insecure regardless of brand. Wi-Fi routers are the worse. It doesn't matter the brand they are all bad based on testing and reported security defects. Reply
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