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AlphaBravo88
Mar 14, 2016Initiate
Status:
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...
schumaku
Dec 16, 2020Guru - Experienced User
CyberTri these will also sniff for https and the many known certificates and shared private keys on such consumer devices. A little bit unclear where and how these will manage to get into the data path however - so often as some security analysts want us to believe this. Yes, WPA2-AES might be cracked, too.
"But i had a https session to my router." Yeah, if you want to believe...
Oh and the wireless Mesh backhaul was so convenient, too....
Look, if bad guys want something from your organisations they will either seek for physical access, or abuse the poor security awareness of the users on your network anyway. Much easier, much less expensive, much less effort.
But hey, of course I do agree with you!