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Implement Let's encrypt sertificate generation instead of self signed sertificate generated in all Nighthawk routers: R7000, R78000, R8000 and so on. It would be more secure. Many other router manufa...
schumaku
Nov 19, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Fully backing the Let's Encrypt proposal of course.
Funny is the reading (off topic) in this thread about the wildcard *.mynetgear.com ... typical example of "hey it's green, it's secure". One wildcard certificate on all ReadyCloud systems (ReadyNAS, Nightawks, ...) and all sharing the very same private key. Almost security by obscurity. Nice idea, crap security.
Similar [yourname].mynetgear.com DDNS name can be used for a Let's Encrypt certificate. Supposedly a Netgear Domain. Figure - that's where Let's Encrypt is weak - the registration process does provide a very limited trust level only.