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R7000 open vulnerability with unencrypted logon
R7000 seems to accept unencrypted (plain text) logins? This is also a vulnerability notification from anyone running Bitdefender Box scanning router. When logging into router there is no encryption b...
Well, maybe something NG will look at. Would be up them to make changes. I presume some of this would be customer or how many instances of bad experiences with this issue. Haven't seen a ton of issues where people are abusing this issue. May not be something to worry too much about, since this has been the norm regarding the UI for a long time. Up to the Mfrs though.
I am no expert, but not sure what you expect? Even if there were encryption, it would be the same for all users, which defeats the purpose as if it were figured out, it would work for all users. However, Encryption can use certificates, but I think you'd have to buy one, and that probably would mean everyone would have to buy one to use the router to have unique encryption.
If you worry about this, get Wireshark and look at the TCP/IP packets that are sent out when you get e-mail.