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SHA-1 has been officially broken, FVS devices don't support SHA-2
I replied to an "Idea Exchange" post, but figured I would post this here as well. SHA-1 has been successfully shown to have weaknesses. The Github repository website suffered a data corruption re...
Just for information, the latest update to Cisco's RV042G router (a direct competitor to the FVS336G) has been updated to resolve this issue....
Did you hear that? I heard a whip cracking! lol!
So frustrating that Netgear is not taking security serriously. Netgear VPN firewalls do not support SHA-2. That's crazy.
And no one can give an ETA
Honestly, I think Netgear may have given up on any substantial updates to the FVS line. The current devices (FVS318G, FVS336G) were released over 6 years ago, and the FVS line itself stretches back over 15 years. Just looking at the GUI interface, they certainly feel "old". Hell, it was only with the most recent 4.3.5 firmware last month that they bothered to get the copyright date on the interface updated from "2014".
Unfortunately, I see many of these devices still out in the wild....
Unfortunatley, i think you hit the nail on the head. I wish Netgear would be more forthcoming. Maybe by not acting or offering more insight, they're saying all they need to say..... "we're not interested in security or updates."
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