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RAX80 admin accessible from public IP??
I use a domain name to access servers and VMs behind my Router (RAX80). I do NOT allow remote management. Turns out that, for who knows how long, the default response from port 80 appears to be t...
idlacrosseplaye I attempted to recreate the behavior you are describing. Please ensure that you try from another network. It seems to me that the router (knowing your public IP) does not actually direct the traffic outside of the network, but rather consumes it at the router if it does not have a directive to route it to another internal IP. Odd behavior to be certain, but not the security threat that it first appears to be. If you do manage to access it from an outside network, then this is certainly a major security flaw.