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SirThomas
Feb 18, 2018Tutor
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...
- Feb 20, 2018
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.
schumaku
Feb 19, 2018Guru - Experienced User
duckwarewrote:https to the router ip address
Does the R7000 support https access to the local Netgear Genie Web UI at all (or already)?
duckware
Feb 19, 2018Prodigy
https://routerlogin.net (and of course http://routerlogin.net) works for me on R7800
- IrvSpFeb 19, 2018Master
I tried https://routerlogin.net/ on Firefox and got the same error? http://routerlogin.net/ works fine? It even fails on MS Edge?
Does the OS have something to do with this? Or the F/W version? I'm on W10 V1709 and the V1.0.9.26 F/W.
- IrvSpFeb 19, 2018Master
duckware, just noticed you mentioned you are on an R7800. Might work there but doesn't seem to on the R7000.