Very very few people need it and it was recently disclosed that there is a possible security issue with it.
There is no anti-virus software for routers. After all, if a router gets infected with malware, or re-configured in a malicious way, most people would never know.
As a Defensive Computing guy, I eventually realized that I needed to upgrade my own router security and get more up to speed on the topic. However, after some huge router flaws,Īffecting millions of routers, caught my attention, I started following That is, I would buy a router, it would work fine and I would ignore it for years.
Why devote an entire site to router security? There is nothing here about MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security). To be clear, this site is about ROUTER security, not ROUTING security.
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