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Changes made to this website

MARCH 2024

March 6: Updated the IP address page with new Chrome protections against accessing devices on your LAN.

March 4: Updated the Security Checklist page to add some security features found in AVM FRITZ!Box routers.

FEBRUARY 2024

Feb 29: Minor update to the Peplink B One page.

Feb 28: Added a couple News stories about the Russians hacking Ubiquiti Edge routers

Feb 23: Updated the Peplink B One page to note that 5G Store successfully converted a Surf SOHO config file backup of mine to work on the B One.

Feb 18: Minor update to the IP Address page to explain the 3 questions better.

Feb 16: Updated the What Can Go Wrong page to note that routers in the US were infect by the Chinese and by Russians with the intention of attacking the US.

Feb 10: Updated the Peplink B One router page.

Feb 6: The Peplink B One router is finally in stock somewhere.

Feb 3: Added a news story about the FBI hacking routers infected with the KV Botnet used by Chinese Volt Typhoon state hackers. Also updated the home page about periodically rebooting a router.

JANUARY 2024

Jan 30: It's here - the Peplink B One router has been officially announced so the page for it here has been drastically updated.

Jan 28: Amazon has a listing for the new Peplink B one router (without 5G) but it is not in stock.

Jan 25: Added a link to Peplink Security Advisories on the Resources page.

Jan 23: Updated the page on configuring the Surf SOHO with a heads up about the DPI option.

Jan 20: On the DNS providers page, updated the configuration of NextDNS on iOS.

Jan 18: Added an article to the Other Router Security Advice page.

Jan 16: Added a Who is Peplink? section to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

Jan 15: Added a link to the referenced Peplink University video on the Balance One page. Also updated the expected release date.

Jan 14: On the home page added a note about deleting old SSIDs from Wi-Fi devices. Also added a warning about a scam copy of this site.

Jan 10: On the DNS Providers page, added a new section for Government run DNS services.

DECEMBER 2023

Dec 14: On the DNS Providers page, added info about creating iOS profile files for NextDNS users.

Dec 12: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page added a note about its soon-to-be-released replacement.

NOVEMBER 2023

Nov 30: On the VLAN page, updated the section on creating a VLAN with Peplink routers.

Nov 28: Added an article about Wi-Fi security to the Other router security articles page. Added PMF and WPA3 to the Checklist page.

Nov 17: Updated the pcWRT page with info on their new model.

Nov 14: Added a warning about Peplink routers and their using a new format for their settings backup file.

OCTOBER 2023

October 31: Added notes that the Surf SOHO replacement is expected in Nov or Dec 2023.

October 27: Updated the Surf SOHO setup page with more suggested outbound firewall rules.

October 24: Yet another critical Cisco bug.

October 22: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page with information about ongoing software maintenance.

October 20: Updated the IP address page to include CG-NAT

October 17: More Juniper bugs added t othe Bugs page.

October 12: Added another case of Cisco hard coded admin passwords to the Bugs page. More routers being targeted by malware, a news story added to the Router News page.

SEPTEMBER 2023

Sept 20: Added the Firewalla New Device Notification feature to the Security Checklist page. Added Juniper router bugs to the Bugs page.

Sept 14: Added bugs in three Asus routers to the Bugs page.

AUGUST 2023

Aug 25: Added to the Consumer Router page a warning about just how miserably bad tech support is from Asus.

Aug 22: Updated the page on Extending the Wi-Fi range by adding an article about new antennas for computers.

Aug 1: Expanded the topic of Windows 11 and Secure DNS on the DNS page (click for the long explanation). On the Test Your DNS page, added testers for Quad9 from Quad9.

JULY 2023

July 30: On the News page, added a story of Zyxel devices being hacked because nobody is patching an old bug.

July 28: On the Bugs page, a new bug in Mikrotik routers.

July 23: On the DNS providers page, added another comparison of DNS providers in terms of blocking malware.

July 14: On the news page added a new router botnet.

JUNE 2023

June 30: Another Fortinet bug on the Bugs page.

June 20: On the Bugs page added details on nine security flaws in many Asus routers.

June 18: New story added to the Router News page.

June 10: Updated the DNS providers page with two new recommended DNS providers.

June 8: Updated the News story about Barracuda and their Email Gateway.

MAY 2023

May 31: Removed Vilfo from the Secure Routers page. Added an FBI video to the page with Other Router Security advice. The video is as lame as you would expect.

May 30: Updated the Eero page to show they are still a bad Wi-Fi neighbor.

May 25: A big router hacking news story added to the News page. And critical bugs in many Zyxel routers.

May 24: More critical Cisco bugs added to the bugs page. Yet again.

May 19: Asus routers are in the news for an outage affecting many devices.

May 8: Routers in the news: Fortinet devices are being exploited by bad guys. Updated the Consume Routers page with a gripe about an Asus router that has no manual.

APRIL 2023

April 30: Updated the Secure Routers page to add a new section on three governments that rate router security.

April 29: Many Many Zyxel bugs added to the Bugs page.

April 28: Added an article about many many bugs in Aruba devices to the Bugs page (filed under February)

April 26: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, added information on how Peplink handles secure/encrypted DNS. Updated the News page with a story about yet another protocol, SLP, that was meant to be LAN side only, being exposed on the Internet. Also updated the Test Your Router page with tests for the two ports used by SLP.

April 25: Added a bug in at least one TP-Link router to the Bugs page.

April 19: Routers are in the news again, Russians are hacking Cisco routers abusing a bug fixed in 2017.

April 18: Added a shocking News story about used routers for sale that have not been reset.

April 17: Updated the Test Your Router page with a new test for a buggy service in Windows

April 14: Updated the News page with a long explanation of the Framing Frames attack.

April 11, 2023: Added two News stories: 1) about configuring a new router 2) about flaws in the design of Wi-Fi itself. Added a new router bug on the Bugs page. The flaw is in the hardware and it affected all 55 tested devices.

MARCH 2023

March 26: Further improved the description of the NextDNS tester web page. Added some D-Link bugs to the Bugs page.

March 25: Added two items about Netgear bugs on the Bugs page.

March 22: Updated the OPNsense item on the Resources page.

March 20: On the Bugs page added a critical bug in Fortinet devices.

March 19: Improved the NextDNS testing section on the Test Your DNS page. On the DNS long explanation page, updated the Windows 11 setup for secure DNS. Updated the News page to add an article from August 2022 about router privacy. Added another comparison of pfSense and OPNsense on the Resources page.

March 14: Added the NSA recommendation to turn on the IPV6 firewall in routers that can not disable IPv6. Added Management Frame Protection to the long list of security tweaks on the home page. Updated DNS topics on the home page. Updated the VLAN topic on the home page.

March 13: Added a story to the New page about Sonicwall devices being hacked. On the Wi-Fi passwords page, added an NSA recommendation to use at least 20 characters.

March 7: On the Test Your DNS page, completely re-did the section on testing NextDNS.

March 6: Updated the News page with a new hack of old DrayTek routers.

March 2: Updated the long explanation of DNS on the Test DNS page to finally include info on secure DNS on Windows 11.

FEBRUARY 2023

Feb 28: Updated the Mullvad DNS info on the DNS providers page.

JANUARY 2023

Jan 24: In the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO, updated the topic of configuring it to send emails

Jan 21: Added another Cisco bug to the Bugs page.

DECEMBER 2022

Dec 30: Added high severity Netgear router bugs to the Bugs page.

Dec 22: The Routers in the News page has the results of the recent PWN2OWN contest where many routers were hacked. Also, two updates to the page on Synology routers - More on the hidden Wi-Fi network and hackers successfully hacking them at the PWN2OWN contest.

NOVEMBER 2022

Nov 30: Updated the Secure Routers page with another example of how important outbound firewall rules are.

Nov 29: Updated the page on Extending Wi-Fi range with a suggestion not to buy a Netgear Wi-Fi range extender.

Nov 28: Updated the page on Extending Wi-Fi range with a better explanation of antennas positions.

Nov 22: Updated the page on Extending Wi-Fi range with a new section on crossing the lines.

Nov 16: Updated the Firewalla info on the Resources page.

Nov 11: Updated the Eero page with quotes about bad privacy.

OCTOBER 2022

Oct 16: Added a new Fortinet bug to the Bugs page.

Oct 14: Updated the Google routers page to say that the management software is so miserably bad, you should avoid these routers.

Oct 9: Updated the Surf SOHO initial configuration page and the Surf SOHO page.

Oct 8: Minor changes reflecting the fact that the Pepwave Surf SOHO router is now considered Legacy by Peplink.

SEPTEMBER 2022

Sept 17: Updated the page on Extending WiFi range to note that the highest transmit power, does not increase the WiFi coverage area.

Sept 9: More Cisco bugs on the Bugs page.

Sept 8: Added an example of general suckiness from TP-Link to the Consumer Routers page.

Sept 1: Updated the Long DNS explanation on the Test Your DNS page.

AUGUST 2022

Aug 30: Updated the Test DNS page and the DNS Long Explanation with info on the hopelessness of OS level DNS testing on iOS

Aug 25: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page with more on the expansion options of the Peplink Balance 20x. Added a Realtek industry wide bug to the Bugs page.

Aug 5: Added more Cisco router bugs to the Bugs page. Also added a DrayTek bug.

JULY 2022

July 30: Added a router bugs story about bugs in Arris routers.

July 29: Added a router news story about a bug in FreshTomato, DD-WRT and Asus routers.

July 22: Updated info on the NextDNS tester page on the Test Your DNS page.

July 6: Added another Kaspersky article on router security to the News page.

July 3: Updated the long explanation of DNS to add encrypted DNS

JUNE 2022

June 30: Updated two pages with info about the ZuoRAT router malware. The Test Your Router page now includes a test for the port it listens on. The News page has articles about it.

June 28: Updated the What Can Go Wrong page with an Alert from the US Government. Updated the Test your DNS page with information about a very suspect error message on iOS about DNS.

June 24: Updated the page on Extending Wi-Fi range.

June 12: Added a Kaspersky article on router security to the Router News page.

June 3: Minor updates to the page on Extending Wi-Fi range.

MAY 2022

May 21: On the Bugs page, added bugs in two Netgear VPN routers. More updates to the page on Extending WiFi range. Updated the DNS topic on the Long List on the home page.

May 20: Updated the page on Extending WiFi range - re-did the section on measuring signal strength.

May 16: New Zyxel bug added to the bugs page.

May 13: Assorted updates to the page on Extending the Range of a WiFi Network.

APRIL 2022

April 18: Added speed test results to the pcWRT page.

April 14: More updates to the Extending a Wi-Fi network page

April 12: Expanded the page on Extending a Wi-Fi network.

April 11: On the Bugs page added bugs in a Skyworth router.

April 6: Added a news story about WatchGuard failing to notify their customers of a huge security flaw. And a news story about the FBI having to hack into WatchGuard devices to remove Russian malware.

April 2: On the News page, added story about three TOTOLINK router bugs being exploited.

April 1: Another critical Zyxel bug added to the bugs page.

MARCH 2022

March 31: First release of a new page with an Overview of Extending the Range of a WiFi network. Its half done.

March 30: Added a News story about buggy cameras, showing how important VLANs are. A couple changes to the Surf SOHO initial setup page - updated a screen shot to reflect the current firmware and adding a discussion of WPA3.

March 29: Updated the Bugs page with a scathing report citing a huge number of bugs in Zyxel routers

March 27: Updated the VLAN page with a better explanation of segmenting a printer into its own VLAN

March 24: On the Surf SOHO Initial Configuration page, updated the InControl2 topic

March 23: Added a news story with more than a few reasons to avoid TP-Link routers.

March 20: Added a bit more about subnet masks to the IP address page.

March 19: Added a funny story to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

March 17: Updated the Test Your DNS page with screen shots of Cloudflare malware and porn testing results. Added a News story about Russians hacking Asus routers.

March 15: Expanded the NextDNS section on the new suggested DNS providers page.

March 14: Updated the Cloudflare testing section on the Test Your DNS page.

March 13: Broke out the newly expanded list of suggested DNS providers to its own page. Updated the Surf SOHO initial config page to reflect some UI changes in the newer versions of the firmware.

March 9: Big revision to the DNS page, the Long Explanation of DNS includes suggested providers.

March 6: Added a story about Russians hacking Dutch routers to the News page.

March 5: On the SSID page, added a bit on hiding SSID locations from Google Android.

March 4: More funny Wi-Fi network names on the SSID page.

March 2: In the Care and Feeding section of the home page, added the suggestion to replace the router when the latest firmware is over 2 years old.

March 1: New section on Hacked Router? added to the home page

FEBRUARY 2022

Feb 28: Added the article below to the pages for Eero and consumer routers. Added Secure DNS as another criteria on the Checklist page.

Feb 26: On the News page added a story from CNET about routers spying on you and a story about Cyclops Blink malware infecting WatchGuard devices.

Feb 23: Validated the WireGuard VPN tunnel with pcWRT

Feb 16: More routers with Wi-Fi buttons added to the Checklist page. More pcWRT updates.

Feb 8: More Cisco router bugs added to the Bugs page. Updates to pcWRT continue.

Feb 6: Still more updates to the pcWRT page.

Feb 4: Still more updates to the pcWRT page.

JANUARY 2022

Jan 31: Another UPnP related bug added to the Router News page. More pcWRT updates.

Jan 30: Added pcWRT to the list of VPN client routers on the Resources page. Multiple updates to the pcWRT page.

Jan 27: Added a new page for the pcWRT router. It is far from complete.

Jan 19: Added Vilfo OS as a maybe on the Secure Routers page.

Jan 13: Added a new NetUSB bug to the Bugs page.

Jan 11: Updated the Test Your DNS page with a new tester site

Jan 4: On the News page added a blog about hacking an Optilink fiber router in India

DECEMBER 2021

Dec 31: More Netgear router bugs added to the Bugs page. Multiple models, multiple bugs.

Dec 30: Added a new DNS tester/checker to the DNS page.

Dec 29: Added a Router News story about Google OnHub routers being discontinued. More funny SSIDs added to the SSID page.

Dec 23: Updates to the Test Your DNS page

Dec 21: Added a News story about Netgear removing Remote Administration from their routers

Dec 13: Added a new thing to check for on the Checklist page - hidden Wi-Fi networks

Dec 12: Bullguard no longer offers an IoT scanner, removed reference to it from the Shodan page.

Dec 10: Updated the Router News page with a new story

Dec 9: On the Bugs page added a report about 9 routers having over 200 bugs.

NOVEMBER 2021

Nov 24: Updated the Synology page to reflect the fact that it does offer outbound firewall rules

Nov 23: Added the results of hacking contest to the Bugs page. The Cisco RV340 router is a software cesspool. The Netgear Nighthawk R6700 is pretty bad too.

Nov 21: Added a bug in millions of Sky Broadband routers to the Bugs page.

Nov 20: Added the latest Netgear bugs (in 61 devices) to the Bugs page.

Nov 12: Added another TCP port to test on the Test Your Router page.

Nov 7: Updated the pcWRT topic on the Secure Routers page.

Nov 3: Updated the Cloudflare topic on the Test your DNS page.

Nov 2: Updated the VLAN page to address VLANs with both wired and wireless devices.

OCTOBER 2021

Oct 31: Updated the Router News page and the Wi-Fi passwords page.

Oct 29: Updated the operating system testing section of the Test DNS page. Updated the Wi-Fi passwords page (again).

Oct 28: Updated the News page with a story about a new Wi-Fi hack being used to crack 70 percent of detected Wi-Fi passwords. Updated the topic of Wi-Fi passwords and moved it to its own page. Added 802.11r to the list of features to Turn Off because it can be a vulnerability.

Oct 21: In the News page, added that an Asus router was hacked twice at a recent competition in China

Oct 20: Added a note on the DNS tester page that there is no need to test when using Private DNS on Android. Also fixed the URL for the adblock tester by Eduard Ursu.

Oct 17: Minor updates on the Resources page to Firewalla and Syfer

Oct 11: Added two SonicWall bugs to the Bugs page.

Oct 10: Updated the VLAN page, the section on putting a printer in its own VLAN

Oct 9: Added a news story to the News page.

Oct 7: On the VLAN page, updated the section on isolating a printer into its own dedicated VLAN

Oct 3: Two updates to the home page.

SEPTEMBER 2021

Sept 23: On the Secure Routers page, added some reader feedback about an AVM Frtz!Box router.

Sept 22: On the Resources page added suggestions for the best routers for DD-WRT. Updated the Surf SOHO page, what was 3 inputs is now 7.

Sept 21: Added new bugs to the Bugs page: a bunch of Netgear routers have available fixes and a Virgin Media router has not been fixed two years after the bug was reported. On the WPA2 WPA3 page added a link to instructions for configuring WPA2 Enterprise using a RADIUS server installed on a Raspberry Pi.

Sept 20: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page added that it can now support two concurrent WAN connections. Renamed the page on Wi-Fi encryption (WPA2 WPA3) to reflect updated content. Also, added a Level Setting section at the front of the page and updated the WPA2 Enterprise topic.

Sept 14: On the Modems page, added a Netgear report card for assorted ISPs.

Sept 13: Updated the Secure Routers page with a brief mention of two upcoming new products.

Sept 11: Add new secure DNS services from Mullvad VPN to the Test Your DNS page. Added a News story about a new botnet built on hacked MikroTik routers.

Sept 10: Added a News story from July about hacked routers being used to attack France. Verified all the DNS testers on the Test Your DNS page and made some revisions.

Sept 9: Added bugs in a TP-Link router to the Bugs page.

Sept 4: Still more Cisco bugs added the Bugs page. This time, no fixes.

AUGUST 2021

Aug 26: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, added a warning about the many hardware versions of the Peplink Balance 20 router. On the What Can Go Wrong page, added about the recent T-Mobile breach where something did go wrong, thanks to an unprotected router.

Aug 25: On the Bugs page, added that there is new software for the known buggy Verizon FIOS G3100 router which is programmed by Arcadyan. Is there a fix for the known security flaw? None of your business. Minor update to the intro on the Test DNS page.

Aug 20: On the Checklist page added backing up the router settings as a new item.

Aug 18: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, added that the backup config file contains all the passwords. Added a bunch of Fortinet bugs to the Bugs page. Added a bunch of bugs with Realtek hardware to the Bugs page.

Aug 17: Updated the short list on the home page. Added turning off IPv6, removed testing for open ports.

Aug 14: Updated the Turn Off Stuff page with another reason to disable IPv6. Updated the page on ISP routers with another reason to avoid them.

Aug 13: On the Bad Neighbors page, added link to an article about lowering the WiFi radio transmit power.

Aug 11: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, added info on the new Wi-Fi packet transmission error report. Also, improved the explanation of two topics on the VLAN page. More Cisco bugs added to the Bugs page.

Aug 5: On the Bugs page, added an authentication bypass bug found on over 20 different routers from 17 companies (all made by Arcadyan). On the Resources page stressed the point that OpenWRT is only for Linux networking nerds.

Aug 4: On the resources page, linked to a blog I just wrote about hiding on a Wi-Fi network.

Aug 3: In the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO, added screen shots of the bogus security warnings from Firefox and Chrome.

JULY 2021

July 27: Updated the DNS sections in the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

July 17: added a link to an Adblocking Tester page to the Test Your Router page and the DNS tester page. Added a group of bugs in a D-Link router to the Bugs page.

July 12: Expanded the downsides section on the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

July 11: New bug in Zyxel devices added to the Bugs page.

July 1: Added a News story about my discovery of an Asus router being totally dependent on a.applovin.com.

JUNE 2021

June 30: Updated the Bugs page with bugs in a 10 year old Netgear router that Microsoft just touted

June 26: Updated the Firewalla topic on the Resources page.

June 25: Updated items 5 and 6 on the Security Checklist page. Added an article by Dong Ngo to the News page. Added a warning about Eero privacy to the Eero page. On the Secure Routers page, added a link to a review of Firewalla Gold.

June 24: Added a News story about a vague problem with Zyxel firewalls.

June 23: Updated the short list of configuration changes on the home page. Minor changes to the Password page and the Wi-Fi encryption page. Updated the Surf SOHO page with a note about auditing bad guys on your network after the fact.

June 20: Updated the SSID page with a story on a bad SSID breaking Wi-Fi on iPhones.

June 11: Added a note about an available fix for the Pepwave Surf SOHO router which has Wi-Fi problems on the 2.4GHz band in the newest firmware.

June 4: Added the CanYouSeeMe.org website to the list of Firewall testers on the Test Your Router page.

June 3: On the Consumer Routers page under General Suckiness, linked to Reddit gripe from the owner of a new Netgear router annoyed at all the upselling.

MAY 2021

May 28: Minor update to the Logging section of the Checklist page.

May 24: Added two groups of bugs in Cisco routers to the Bugs page.

May 17: New intro to WPA3 on the WEP, WPA, WPA2 page.

May 14: Added a dozen newly discovered Wi-Fi bugs, across the industry, to the Bugs page

May 13: A few minor changes the Pepwave Surf SOHO page. Added a News story about my experience with an Asus firmware update.

May 8: Corrected News story about Asus router flaw. Its one bug, not three.

May 7: Added a story about millions of old vulnerable routers in the UK to the News page and the Consumer Routers page. Added a news story about a bug in an Asus router and added it as yet another example on the Consumer Routers page.

May 6: More Bing ranking issues on the News page. Added a new article to the Other Router Security Advice page.

APRIL 2021

April 27: Added gripes about the AmpliFi mesh system to the Secure Routers page. Updated the latest News page story to say this site is again listed in Bing.

April 26: Added MAC address filtering to the long list on the home page.

April 25: More research on this site being banned by Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo on the News page. It was back in July 2018 and as a result this site is also banned in AOL.

April 23: On the News page, I gripe about Microsoft removing this site from Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo search results

April 19: Internal change. The DuckDuckGo search box is no longer statically included in every page. It is now dynamically Ajaxed in on-demand. Added a critical bug in Juniper Junos OS to the Bugs page.

April 18: Added some info about Wi-Fi range extenders to the Additional Thoughts section on the home page. Added the display of Recent Updates at the top of the home page. Added screen shots from four different routers, of the feature to change the WAN MAC address.

April 17: Updated the Secure Routers page. Added Firewalla as an FYI. Demoted Gryphon. Created a new page on Access Points.

April 16: Added a suggestion to change the WAN MAC address to the Long list of security features on the home page.

April 15: Added Fing app as an open port tester on the Test Your Router page.

April 14: Added a new example of consumer router General suckiness to the Consumer Routers page.

April 13: Added two new stories to the Router News page.

April 11: Added a new section on Printing to the VLAN page.

April 10: Editing changes to the IP Address page including a longer explanation of subnet masks.

April 9: Still more critical severe bugs in Cisco software. Added to the News page.

April 7: Added an update about the Ubiquiti breach/lying/cover-up story to the News page.

April 2: Added a downside to the Surf SOHO router - you can not copy the settings over to a higher end Peplink router.

April 1: Added Router News story that the Ubiquiti breach in January 2021 was much worse than they publicly exposed.

MARCH 2021

March 31: The Secure Routers page has more reasons not to trust Ubiquiti as per a Brian Krebs article. On the Modems page linked to miserable article about the best modems from the WireCutter and the New York Times. Suggested blocking Roku from making outbound TCP port 2350 requests on the Surf SOHO setup page.

March 27: Expanded the long DNS explanation on the Test DNS page. Added a warning about pfSense to the Secure Routers page.

March 25: Updated the WebRTC testers on the Test Your Router page.

March 22: On the VLAN page added a paragraph about sharing a network printer. Updated the bottom of the Consumer Routers page with my comments on the comments of others.

March 21: Added more Cisco bugs. Not really news at this point.

March 19: Updated the Test Your DNS page to note that on Windows, the nslookup command can be fooled as to which DNS server it is talking to. Also added the Windows DNSQuerySniffer program as a way to audit legacy DNS.

March 18: The page on Consumer Routers was mentioned on Hacker News and I added a link on the page to the 190 comments at news.ycombinator.com.

March 17: Added speed estimates for the OpenVPN client on the Surf SOHO router to the page on the Surf SOHO. Also added the there is no WireGuard VPN client for the Surf SOHO.

March 10: New lower opinion of Gryphon on the Secure Routers page. Added Exodus evaluation of GL.iNet Android app to the same page.

March 4: In the page on configuring the Surf SOHO, suggesting using Blacklight as a source of ads/trackers to block.

March 2: Updated the Test Your DNS page with an additional command line test for Windows. Also added dig command for macOS and Linux.

FEBRUARY 2021

Feb 25: Added SPYSE IP info to the Shodan page.

Feb 23: Added SANS IP info to the Shodan page.

Feb 20: Added GL.iNet as a possible secure router.

Feb 16: Updated a few pages to note that with consumer routers, Guest Wi-Fi networks use the same DNS servers as non-Guest wireless networks and as wired devices.

Feb 14: On the Test Your DNS page added a new section with OS level tests and nslookup.

Feb 12: Updated the Test Your Router page with tests for UDP ports opened by Plex

Feb 10: Added Fortinet and SonicWall bugs to the Bugs page. Added a suggested outbound firewall rule to the Surf SOHO configuration page. Added NAT slipstreaming flaws to the Router News page.

Feb 7: Added a user interface bug to the Downsides section of the Pepwave Surf SOHO page. Updated the stuff to Turn Off page to add that three consumer routers support no Passthroughs and no ALGs.

Feb 6: Minor updates to the Long and Short lists on the home page. Also added ALGs to both the Surf SOHO initial configuration page and the stuff to Turn Off page.

Feb 5: More Cisco bugs added to the Bugs page.

Feb 2: Minor updates to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

JANUARY 2021

Jan 27: Added a new downside to the Pepwave Surf SOHO router having to do with IEEE802.1Q and IEEE802.1P to deliver telephone and television service over the same cable as Internet. I don't fully understand it, but it prevented someone from using the Surf SOHO in their country (outside the US).

Jan 26: Updated the Guest Wi-Fi network section of the Security Checklist page. Updated the SSID page with my experience connecting to an SSID with a special character.

Jan 18: Added more Cisco bugs to the bugs page. Added a huge number of security issues with FiberHome routers to the News page. On the web page for the Pepwave Surf SOHO router and on the page for configuring it, I added a note that firmware 8.1.1 is the way to go.

Jan 12: On the Consumer Routers page, added a link to my blog about the misery of a Linksys EA8300 router.

Jan 5: Added lots of new bugs to the Bugs page.

Jan 3: New Router News story about a backdoor account in Zyxel devices

DECEMBER 2020

Dec 31: On the Resources page, updated information about the Invizbox 2, a dedicated VPN/Tor router.

Dec 29: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page to reflect new OpenVPN server and client options.

Dec 18: On the resources page, added a new VPN and Tor router, the Beryl (GL-MT1300) from GL.iNet. Also expanded the description of the Inviz Box 2.

Dec 17: Still nothing from Asus about the bug in the Asus RT-AX86U that was made public on Nov 9, 2020. New critical bug in D-Link VPN routers added to the Bugs page.

Dec 11: Updated the Firewalla Gold section of the Secure Routers page.

Dec 10: Added another Adguard DNS tester on the Test Your DNS page.

Dec 2: Added a router hacking new story to the News page.

NOVEMBER 2020

Nov 27: Added new TCP ports used by new malware to the Test Your Router page. Added an Asus router bug from July 2020 to the Bugs page and used it as yet another example of why not to buy a consumer router on the Consumer Routers page.

Nov 23: Better explanation of configuring outbound firewall rules on the Pepwave Surf SOHO.

Nov 22: Updated the News page with the total silence from Asus about a bug in their router(s). Also added a News story about macOS bypassing VPNs and firewalls.

Nov 17: Added a new example to the WPS page - connecting a Wi-Fi printer with button pushing.

Nov 13: On the News page, I started an audit of when Asus will fix a recently disclosed bug.

Nov 12: Added a section on BAD DNS to the Test Your DNS page.

Nov 11: Added a VLAN topic to the IP Address page.

Nov 9: New bugs added to the Bugs page: at a hacking contest bugs were found in routers from Asus, Netgear and TP-Link. Punched up the IP address page a bit.

Nov 1: In the topic of Outbound Firewall Rules on the page about configuring the PepwaveSurf SOHO, I added a note about blocking IP address 100.115.92.1.

OCTOBER 2020

Oct 31: On the Surf SOHO configuration page, in the section on outbound firewall rules, added a real life example of an iPhone calling out to an internal-only IP address.

Oct 30: Added the Netgear Orbi Pro (not the consumer Orbi) to the Mesh Routers page. Added a note to the Surf SOHO page that forcing all connected devices to use known good DNS servers can cripple some malware.

Oct 29: Updated the section on Outbound Firewall Rules in the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

Oct 28: Updated the Secure Routers page to note that the F-Secure SENSE router has been discontinued. Added a link to the online demo of pcWRT to the Resources page.

Oct 27: Added Wavlink router and Wifi extender flaws to the Bugs page.

Oct 24: Re-wrote the intro of the Shodan page to make it clearer to non-techies.

Oct 23: Added note about faking the WAN MAC address to the page on configuring the Surf SOHO.

Oct 15: Minor update to the list of Firewall Testers on the Test Your Router page. Added Mullvad Conection Check page to the Shodan page.

Oct 14: Added warning that upgrading from a Pepwave Surf SOHO to a Peplink Balance router requires re-doing all config changes. Added a Router News story about upcoming security requirements for routers in Singapore.

Oct 12: Updated the long list of security changes on the website home page.

Oct 9: Added warnings on the two pages about the Pepwave Surf SOHO to not use firmware version 8.

Oct 8: Minor updates to the Shodan page.

Oct 6: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, warned people not to use firmware version 8.

Oct 5: Added a News story about bugs in Tenda routers being exploited.

Oct 4: Added a link to my blog on using two routers to the home page.

SEPTEMBER 2020

Sept 28: Added Health Check info to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

Sept 23: Updated the Synology review to stress another bad feature that I had omitted. Added new section at the bottom of the home page: You Are Safe Here. Re-wrote the UPnP section of the Long List on the home page. Added a new item to the Long List on the home page - turning off DHCP.

Sept 22: Added a Router News story: Another reason to avoid Netgear hardware. Updated home page Long List to address remote admin via mobile apps.

Sept 21: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page to add that the USB port also works with an Ethernet connection.

Sept 20: Updated Gryphon description on the Secure Routers page.

Sept 17: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page added warning about latest firmware not being bootable.

Sept 15: On the VLAN page, added an article about configuring VLANs on Ubiquiti devices.

Sept 14: On the Initial Surf SOHO configuration page, updated the topic of scheduling. Daniel Aleksandersen blogged about the state of software on consumer routers. Added it both the News page and the Consumer Routers page.

Sept 13: Two updates to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page. Updated the section on buying the router to warn people away from Amazon. Expanded the description of the step-up model, the Balance 20x.

Sept 11: Updated the VLAN page with more on network isolation with consumer devices. Small change to the topic of extending the Pepwave Surf SOHO router on its page.

Sept 8: The Full list on the home page was not full. Added suggestion to run nmap scan on the LAN side of the router. Also updated the InControl2 section of the page on initial configuration of the Surf SOHO router to note that it can be used to set country-based firewall rules.

Sept 5: Expanded info on DrayTek routers on the Secure Routers page.

Sept 3: Added a router news story about miserable security in Mofi 4G/LTE routers

Sept 2: Added a new reason to like the Pepwave Surf SOHO router, the ability to audit a VPN. Added the Turris Shield firewall to the Secure Routers page.

Sept 1: Updated Vilfo router info on the Resources page.

AUGUST 2020

Aug 31: Updated the Surf SOHO initial configuration page with a tip about sending email from the router.

Aug 20: Updated the links for the Peplink interface demos on the Resources page.

Aug 17: Added a downside to the Surf SOHO router, that the list of attached devices is incomplete

Aug 10: Added whois.domaintools.com to the Shodan page.

Aug 9: Added a new section to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page - Extending the Wi-Fi range

Aug 6: More bugs in Cisco routers and switches.

JULY 2020

July 30: Added suggestion to connect both the router and modem to either a surge protector or a UPS to the home page.

July 28: Added a News story about counterfeit networking devices pretending to be from C-Data and Cisco. Also new bugs in D-Link routers added to the Bugs page.

July 26: Yet another Cisco flaw added to the News page.

July 24: On the Mesh Router page added a warning about AmpliFi devices working as an actual mesh system. On the page for configuring the Surf SOHO router, added specific instructions for outbound firewall rules that block a wide range of IP addresses.

July 19: More Cisco bugs added to the Bugs page.

July 18: Added Tenda to the list of shamed router vendors on the Consumer Routers page.

July 15: Added to the bugs page, flaws in a Tenda router that have not been fixed. Added to the News page a story about C-Data networking devices being designed for spying. Added a new Tor/VPN router to the Resources page.

July 7: Added using a firewall to block a device from ever phoning home to the Surf SOHO configuration page.

July 6: Added to the News page a study of 127 routers that found miserable security in all of them.

July 2: Added to the News page that Cisco has some routers vulnerable to the Ripple20 flaws. And also added to the same page a newly revealed, and unrelated, bug in two Cisco VPN routers.

July 1: Added Fresh Tomato open source router firmware to the Resources page.

JUNE 2020

June 28: Updated the topic on outgoing firewall rules on the Surf SOHO initial configuration page.

June 27: The WPS page now links to a video on how to use a Pixie Dust attack.

June 24: A couple small changes to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

June 20: Updated the Others Router Security Advice page to add two stories from Toms Guide. The first recommends a Netgear router for its security, then nine days later, the second story reports that the router has multiple bugs that Netgear has avoided fixing for months. You can't make this stuff up. On the Surf SOHO page, updated the section on buying a Peplink router with more horsepower. Also, finally changed all references to 3G Store to 5G Store to reflect the new company name.

June 17: Updated the story on the Bugs page about six bugs in an ancient D-Link router.

June 16: On the page for the Pepwave Surf SOHO, I added a new downside having to do with CPU usage while copying large files. Added newly found bugs in 79 different Netgear devices to the Bugs page. Updated the Test Your Router page, LAN side URLs to try section, to add the currentsetting.htm page for Netgear routers.

June 14: Updated the Test DNS page to add a NextDNS tester. Updated the Router News page to point out multiple mistakes in the Ars Technica article on the latest UPnP flaw. Added a story to the Bugs page about D-Link not fixing all the bugs in an old but supported router. Totally re-wrote the Monitoring and Reporting section of the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

June 11: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page with a new paragraph on the URL Logging feature.

June 10: Updated the Router News page with UPnP exploit from June 2017 and June 2020.

June 7: On the Bugs page, updated the story about two Zero Day bugs in DrayTek routers.

June 2: Added a section on the Firewalla Gold router to the Secure Routers page. It is not yet released.

June 1: Added another article on Router Security to the Advice From Others page.

MAY 2020

May 29: Updated the Bad Neighbors page with the suggestion to use a foil parabolic reflector.

May 27: Added NextDNS to the Test Your DNS page along with an explainer about the Cloudflare test.

May 25: Updated the page on the Surf SOHO router to note that it is getting harder to buy. Pandemic fallout, no doubt.

May 19: Minor changes to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

May 16: Minor changes to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

May 15: New favorite icons.

May 10: Minor update to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

May 9: Minor updates to the page on configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

May 1: Updated the description of the Trend Micro Home Network Security box on the Resources page.

APRIL 2020

April 30: Updated Ruckus information on the secure routers page.

April 27: Added a bug in Sophos XG firewall to the bugs page.

April 26: Minor change to the DNS section of the Configuring the Surf SOHO page.

April 22: Added a Router News story about DNS issues at TalkTalk.

April 20: Added a Router News story

April 7: Updated the bugs page with bugs in OpenWRT and DrayTek routers

April 6: Updated the Surf SOHO initial configuration page to explain some things better, thanks to reader feedback.

April 3: New intro to mesh routers on the mesh router page.

April 2: Improved the introduction to DNS on the Test Your DNS page, including the addition of encrypted DNS. Also updated the Cloudflare tester to note that it does nothing for their new filtering services.

MARCH 2020

March 30: Updated the VLAN page for firmware version 8 of the Pepwave Surf SOHO router.

March 29: Added a News story about two bugs in DrayTek routers that attackers are exploiting.

March 28: Another router hacking story added to the News page.

March 25: Added News story about DNS hijacking of D-Link and Linksys routers.

March 20: Added WAN Quality monitoring to the page about initial configuration of the Pepwave Surf SOHO router. Also added a new page with an audit trail of Peplink firmware 8.0.2 proving the router does not phone home to spy on you.

March 19: Updated the home page LONG checklist with a new suggestion about Wi-Fi Direct on printers. Updated the Surf SOHO configuration page with more on the process of a factory reset.

March 14: Added two downsides to the Monitoring and Reporting section of the page on the Pepwave Surf SOHO

March 10: Updated the firewall rules configuration for the Pepwave Surf SOHO. Added the nslookup command to the Test Your DNS page.

March 9: Added a new story about an industry flaw that affects multiple router vendors.

March 5: Added a news story: Multiple flaws in multiple Netgear routers.

FEBRUARY 2020

Feb 29: Added a news story about thousand of Asus routers being hacked.

Feb 26: Added a news story about a Wi-Fi flaw in billions of devices, including some routers.

Feb 13: Added a note that the Pepwave Surf SOHO can only intercept old-style plain text DNS, not the newer DoH and DoT DNS requests.

Feb 12: Added a news story about malware on Windows guessing Wi-Fi passwords.

Feb 9: Added a podcast discussion of travel routers to the News page.

Feb 7: More updates to the Secure Routers page.

Feb 6: Many updates to the Secure Routers page, including much more information about DrayTek.

JANUARY 2020

Jan 29: Updated the Secure Routers page and the News page to note that Ubiquiti has gone over to the dark side.

Jan 22: Added news story about Netgear routers

Jan 21: Updated the coverage of Gryphon and moved it to the Secure Router page.

Jan 19: Updated the Introduction page.

Jan 13: Added Cable Haunt flaw to the Bugs page.

Jan 12: Updated the page on configuring a new router.

Jan 11: Moved comments on suggested secure routers from the home page to its own page.

Jan 6: Added a note to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page that it can indeed be used with Peplink Access Points.

DECEMBER 2019

Dec 31: Added more D-Link router bugs

Dec 29: Added multiple bugs in Ruckus Access points to the Bugs page.

Dec 23: Updated the Bugs with the bugs in TP-Link routers. Added a new topic to the Surf SOHO configuration page explaining how to update to new firmware releases while still keeping the older firmware available for fallback or production use.

Dec 22: Updated the section on VPN client routers in the Resources page.

Dec 20: Updated the Google routers page with some info on new Nest routers

Dec 17: Updated the Firmware Updates page with info on upgrading Surf SOHO to firmware 8.0.1. Also updated the Ubiquiti section of the Secure Routers page.

Dec 16: Updated the Pepwave Surf SOHO page to reflect ongoing problems with the router talking to a cable modem.

Dec 4: Updated the Resources page section on additional plug-in security devices, including adding Syfer.

Dec 2: Updated the Secure Routers page with info on the new Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine router.

NOVEMBER 2019

Nov 20: Added two different stories about different bugs in D-Link routers to the Bugs page.

Nov 18: Added an excellent article to the Other Router Security Advice page.

Nov 14: Added a story to the News page about Plume and their ISP partnerships.

Nov 8: Added story about Ubiquiti routers to the News page. Updated the Secure Routers page.

Nov 3: Big updates to the Secure Routers page. Added a news story to the Routers in the News page.

OCTOBER 2019

Oct 31: Minor tweaks to the Short List on the home page.

Oct 25: Buggy D-Link routers that will not be fixed. Added a new item to the Bugs page and on the Test Your Router page, linked to a Proof Of Concept tester page.

Oct 22: On the Surf SOHO initial configuration page, added about blocking off a printer from the Internet using a firewall rule.

Oct 19: New section added to the Secure Routers page. Minor changes to the Pepwave Surf SOHO page.

Oct 17: Updated the Mesh Router page about AmpliFi - it has an open TCP port and they ignored my email about it. Also added to the News page a story from August about disabling the public Wi-Fi on Comcast gateways.

Oct 14: Routers still buggy after all these years - new News story about ISE research.

Oct 8: Lots of updates to the Google routers page. Added a bug in D-Link routers to the Bugs page.

Oct 2: Added a section on VPN client software to the Synology page.

SEPTEMBER 2019

Sept 26: Updated the Eero page with information on just-announced 3rd generation models (see the Other Eero Info section).

Sept 25: Updated the description of Firewalla on the Resources page.

Sept 24: minor updates to the Security Checklist page.

Sept 23: Updated News and Bugs pages with info on the WS-Discovery port being opened on the WAN. More Synology updates.

Sept 21: More Synology updates. Updated the description of WPA2 Enterprise in the WPA Encryption page. Moved the discussion of WPA2 Enterprise from the home page to the WPA Encryption page.

Sept 19: Many updates to the Synology page.

Sept 17: Many updates to the Synology page. Added new TCP and UDP scanners to the Test Your Router page.

Sept 13: Created a new page for Synology routers.

Sept 11: Added Ping Reply to the initial setup of the Surf SOHO page. Also added the suggestion to avoid firmware 8.0.0.

Sept 10: Started a new section on the Resources page for Router/Network software. Updates to the Bad Neighbor page. Updated the Surf SOHO page to note the open ports on the LAN side.

Sept 8: Added another LAN side program to test for open ports in a router to the Test Your Router page.

Sept. 5: Added a new page for bad neighbors.

Sept. 3: Updated the description of the Invizbox 2 on the Resources page. Minor change to the Checklist page.

AUGUST 2019

Aug 26: Added a News story about bad Wi-Fi security at WeWork.

Aug 21: Updated the Mesh Router page, yet again, with more on AmpliFi. Also added a new section to the page configuring the Pepwave Surf SOHO - how to create a wireless network for children that cuts off their Internet access at bed time.

Aug 19: Updated the Mesh Router page again with more on AmpliFi. I'm done with them.

Aug 17: Added to the News page a recent botnet detected in the Philippines and Thailand. Also added TCP port 23455 to the Test Your Router page to detect this malware. Updated the Mesh Router page with info on the new VPN feature in AmpliFi routers.

Aug 16: Updated the Bugs page with some obscure bugs allowing data to pass between Private and Guest Wi-Fi networks.

Aug 13: Consumer Reports reviewed 29 routers. The Secure Routers page has a critique of the article. So too does the Router News page. Also added an article about buggy 4G hotspots to the Bugs page.

JULY 2019

July 28: Updated Firewalla description in the Resources page.

July 22: Added a review of Disney's Circle to both the News and Resources pages

July 16: On the Consumer Router page, added gripes about the AmpliFi mesh router documentation.

July 15: Updated a few pages to note that QNAP NAS boxes can also serve as a RADIUS server for WPA2 Enterprise.

July 13: Router News - still more DNS Hijacking of routers in Brazil. Its an epidemic.

July 10: Added information about the Nokia Beacon mesh routers to assorted pages.

July 9: More gripes about the Google Wi-Fi app on the Google router page. Added Nokia Beacon to Mesh Routers page.

July 4: More Router News about Cisco.

July 3: D-Link agreed to get their act together in a settlement with the FTC. Added to Router News page.

July 1: Added another UDP port to the Test Your Router page.

JUNE 2019

June 30: Added bugs in TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders to the Bugs page.

June 20: On the Resources page, in the topic on VPN Routers, added a link to a great article on the subject from RestorePrivacy.com

June 17: Added another Cisco bug to the Bugs page.

June 8: Added some outgoing firewall rules to the page on configuring the Surf SOHO router.

June 7: Added info about Apple Homekit's planned integration with routers to the News page.

MAY 2019

May 29: Updated the News page with a test that I ran on my own router. It was attacked/probed a lot.

May 27: Added >Trend Micro Home Network Security to the Resources page (section on Add-On Security Devices) and added warnings about this class of device to the topic heading.

May 25: Updated gripes about the Pepwave Surf SOHO manual not being updated. Added Roqos router to the Resources page.

May 24: Yet more Cisco bugs, including a doozy in their hardware, added to the Bugs page.

May 23: Added the GL.iNet AR750S router to the Resources page as a VPN client router. It has a lot going for it. Added a bug in TP-Link routers to the Bugs page.

May 18: Added a News story about routers being hacked to install Windows malware.

May 16: The latest bug in Windows RDP is yet another example of the defense that can be provided by VLANs. Added to VLAN page.

May 14: Updated the HNAP page, adding a CVE from 2014, sample expoit code from GitHub and the latest HNAP flaw in Linksys routers.

May 13: An information leak bug in 33 Linksys routers added to the bugs page. And, Linksys will not fix it.

May 8: Routers in the news: a router was found in an Airbnb with a peephole and a camera inside it.

May 1: Updated the ISP router page with a story about Sky Broadband in England bricking their customers routers with a firmware update. Also updated the Router News page with yet another critical bug in Cisco hardware.

APRIL 2019

April 30: New responsive menu bar. This will take time as every page has to be updated.

April 27: Added GreyNoise IP scanner to the Shodan page.

April 26: Added my blog about defending against insecure IoT devices with a router to the News page and Surf SOHO pages.

April 18: Added many Cisco bugs to the Bugs page.

April 11: Added topic of blocking Windows 10 spying on us by blocking Microsoft domains to the page on configuring the Surf SOHO router. Also added links to the many design flaws in WPA3 to the WiFi Encryption page.

April 9: Added 3 bugs in a Verizon Fios gateway to the Bugs page and the ISP routers page. Minor bug in TP-Link routers added to the Bugs page.

April 5: Yet another DNS changer attack added to the News page. Ho hum.

April 4: Added firewall configuration to the page on Initial Config of the Surf SOHO router.

April 2: Added a News story from Sophos about the recently disclosed TP-Link router flaw that everyone should read.

MARCH 2019

March 31, 2019: Updated the Consumer Router Alternatives section of the Resources page with a mini-PC hardware recommendation.

March 29, 2019: Added a new TP-Link router bug to the Bugs page. It gives great insight into how little TP-Link cares about security. Added TP-Link bugs in the TL-R600VPN router that were reported in November 2018 to the Bugs page. Fixes are supposed to be available, but they are not.

March 28, 2019: Added a Huawei UPnP test for port 37215 to the Test Your Router page and added a News story about miserable security in Huawei routers. And, added a News story with router advice from Readers Digest. Pretty funny.

March 27, 2019: Router news about bugs in a Cisco VPN router.

March 25, 2019: Minor changes to home page.

March 20, 2019: Added news about Talos finding 11 bugs in Cujo.

March 13, 2019: Added a second on-line UPnP tester to the Test Your Router page. More minor updates to the Surf SOHO Configuration page.

March 8, 2019: Minor updates to the Surf SOHO Configuration page.

March 7, 2019: Updated the Other Eero Info section of the eero page with a takedown of an article touting eero. Updated the Stats page. Updated Router News page with a story about buying router bugs.

March 6, 2019: Minor updates to the Surf SOHO Configuration page.

March 3: added a D-Link bug to the bugs page.

March 1: Still more eero updates.

FEBRUARY 2019

February 28, 2019: Cisco security flaw added to News page. Updated the page on initial configuration of a Surf SOHO.

February 27: Still more eero updates

February 26: Still more eero updates - new section on Wi-Fi Channels and Channel Width. eero bad.

February 25: More Eero updates.

February 24: Many updates to the Eero page.

February 23: I now have an Eero router, so I updated its section on the Mesh Routers page with new observations. Then, I created a new page just for Eero.

February 20: Multiple changes to the Mesh Routers page.

February 17: Updated the pfSense topic on the Resources page.

February 9: New section added to the WPS page: Client Operating Systems and WPS.

February 5: Added to the WPS page that the Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500 v2 can not disable WPS. Still more Cisco bugs added to the Bugs page.

JANUARY 2019

January 31: The Test Your DNS page started with a long explanation of DNS. Now it defaults to a short intro with an option to see the long explanation.

January 30: Added a story about Cisco Small Business switches with a back door account to the Bugs page. Added a test for TCP port 6 to the Test your Router page as a result of new malware found by Trend Micro. Added a new bullet point to item 22, Monitoring Attached Devices on the Security Checklist page.

January 28: Added a quote about router security from Eric Sauvageau, the man behind the Asuswrt-Merlin firmware to the Other Gripers page. Great great quote from an obvious expert: "I've been saying it for years: its time router manufacturers stop treating routers as gadgets, and start treating them as the security devices they really are. These things are everyones frontline defense on their network. That they also provide wifi is just a by-the-way, not the other way around."

January 28: Added a news story about the Japanese government hacking IoT devices and another story about know bugs in two Cisco routers being targeted. Also added the three Cisco bugs to the Bugs page. Added two Cisco bug tester URLs to the Shodan page and added Cisco bug tester LAN side URLs to the Tester page.

January 22: Updated the Bitdefender Box topic on the Resources page in the add-on security devices section.

January 21: Added Firewalla (not a typo) to the Resources page in the section on add-on security devices.

January 19: Expanded the section on the pcWRT router in the Resources page. Added a bit about Circle parental controls embedded in some Netgear routers to the Resources page.

January 18: On the Resources page, added a note that the Symantec Norton Core router has been discontinued.

January 17: Updated the Privacy section (item 27) of the Security Checklist.

January 16: Updated topic of Remote Administration on the Turn Off Stuff page. Added Wired UK clickbait article to News page.

January 15: On the Pepwave Surf SOHO page, updated the closest competition section with revised information on Draytek and Synology routers. Added Zerodium to the News page wondering about being a lesser target.

January 14: Added News story about Charter/Spectrum offering Cujo sometime in 2019.

January 12: Added Fingbox to the Security Checklist page (item 28) as it can alert you when new devices join the network. Revised and expanded Privacy (item 27) on the Security Checklist page.

January 9: Updated the UPnP section of the Security Checklist.

January 6: Added a News story predicting more router hacking in 2019.

January 2: Modified the Checklist page to note that Netgear does not support HTTPS on the LAN side. Added three more TCP ports to the Tester page as a result of bad guys hacking smart TVs, Chromecasts and Google Home. Added story about hacking these devices to the Router News page.








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