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Engineering Investigation
Modems/Routers : Add HTTPS when connecting to the NETGEAR Genie page
Hi NETGEAR, I have recently configured a few different NETGEAR ADSL Modems/Routers, to be specific the D6400 and DGND3700v2, but both of these don't appear to support a HTTPS connection to the NE...
Under what scenario can someone from outside your local network get into the Netgear genie web page? And under what are circumstances can someone on the local network can break in uninvited?
This issue keeps coming up, but as yet no one has provided a convincing explanation of why this leaves them open to attack.
More important, no one has reported a case of being attacked in this way.#
Congratulations on finding, and using the desktop genie. Netgear is doing its best to deter people from using this valuable tool. It has certainly stopped providing updates.