Just wanted to alert everyone to an issue I discovered with the UDM-Pro’s firewall. It does not apply rules to VPN traffic. I haven’t found any other issues with the application of firewall rules, but it is troubling nonetheless.
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I’m sure that everyone here uses a password manager. It’s the safest, smartest way to handle all of those massive, unique, credentials that we use for all of our digital assets. It is a bit of a pain to setup, and use on a daily basis, compared to going for the trusty “1234QWERTY!”, but totally worth it; as we all […]
Read moreI’ve been leaning heavilty towards building a DIY NVR solution. If you’ve also thought about it, but weren’t quite sure where to start – this is a great guide, even if you opt not to go with the hardware they selected. Over the past few years, video surveillance has become increasingly popular in homes and businesses, and the reason for this […]
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ASUS is not fixing a problem that is considered a security flaw in any of their recent firmware updates. Do you have any of the features enabled that help with remote access to your files? Do you have Samba enabled? You are also opening up yourself to this vulnerability. Security experts are trying to contact ASUS to see if they […]
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A couple of months ago, security researchers released details about a security vulnerability in Wi-Fi Protected Setup, the pin-based system for quickly and easily adding new devices to a Wi-Fi network. As it turns out, routers with WPS enabled are susceptible to a brute force attack that allows interested hackers access to the network in just a couple of hours. […]
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For the most part, people seem to fall into one of two categories when it comes to setting up their home networks. There are the control freaks such as myself who like to set everything up manually, perhaps even going so far as to provide static ip addresses for each new device. Then there are the folks who set their […]
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