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Why isn't ORBI Login Secure
I like the product but why is the browser login for Orbi insecure? (http://orbilogin.net/adv_index.htm). IF I change to HTPPS I get a different error. I don't use the phone app becasue I find t...
willemdh wrote:
HTTPS is really important and should also be enabled inside the network. otherwise the password used when logging in, can easily be sniffed by bad actors..
Please add this feature asap...
Done!
It works already. The ugly thing, however, is that Netgear has totally messed up the SSL Certificate on the Orbi line, so modern browsers like Chrome will complain, "The Cert is bad. Don't go there! Oh, no. The sky is falling."
Try it for yourself: https://orbilogin.net. Just ignore the warnings and proceed to the Orbi Home Page. Works great!
Maybe I don't understand, but why are we concerned about a secure ORBI login?
I login with my home browser to my home router...??
All the communications and editing is done on my side of the router.
I completely agree that this does not make my "Top 10 List" of things to be concerned about. I also take comfort in the idea that I am not in the "top one million" WiFi sites anyone would want to crack. But, I cannot help but notice the dramatic trend toward moving nearly everything to an encrypted connection. Why send a password "in the clear" when it can easily be encrypted? The software is already loaded on the Orbi. All it takes is a simple redirection from http to https like all web sites are doing now.
The other thing, of course, is if Netgear encrypted the Orbi web site, people would quit posting questions wondering about it.