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Possilbity getting hacked with a short admin password?
I have been using my ORBI (RBR50) for sometime, My admin password is relatively short knowing that Anywhere Access is disabled. Do I have still to have to worry about getting hacked remotely? How do ...
(almost) Yes. Any of the web "open ports" web sites will identify ports that are forwarded to internal hosts as long as the internal hosts have the port ready to accept connections.
For example, suppose I forward port 80 (http) to 192.168.1.22. If there is a computer at 192.168.1.22 with port 80 ready to accept connections, then those web sites will say, "Port 80 is open". If there is no computer at 192.168.1.22, or whatever is there will not accept connections on port 80, then those web sites will say it is not open.
Hope that makes sense.
No, you cannot be hacked remotely. The Orbi rejects all connection attempts (on all ports, including port 80 - http and port 443 https).
At one time, there was a different form of Remote Management set up through the Advanced Tab, Advanced Setup menu. When I looked just now, that option does not appear on my Orbi. If that option is enabled (somehow), it definitely opens a port to the internet which would immediately get hammered with connection attempts.
Thanks for the quick reply. Would any online PC security test able to identfy any open ports on my router?
For example
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
(almost) Yes. Any of the web "open ports" web sites will identify ports that are forwarded to internal hosts as long as the internal hosts have the port ready to accept connections.
For example, suppose I forward port 80 (http) to 192.168.1.22. If there is a computer at 192.168.1.22 with port 80 ready to accept connections, then those web sites will say, "Port 80 is open". If there is no computer at 192.168.1.22, or whatever is there will not accept connections on port 80, then those web sites will say it is not open.
Hope that makes sense.