[ale] testing the reboot and upgrade

[Alex Carver]

You're right, clicked on the wrong line (easy to do when viewing the
screen remotely).

I had debated my router upgrade between a Ubiquity EdgeRouter and a
built-one like the Qotom J1900 for a while.  Once I started getting
attacked heavily I decided that the built unit will let me be flexible
both with configuration and with advanced monitoring.  So just saving my
pennies for the Qotom and some other hardware.

On 2017-01-05 19:13, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 01/05/2017 07:53 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> The comment from Netgear is pretty bad.  no workarounds, no way to
>> firewall the port and no way to turn off the service.
> 
> Think you replied to the wrong thread.
> 
> Which is why the only viable option is running a well-patched,
> constantly maintained, BSD or Linux distro as your edge router is
> necessary.
> 
> None of these companies does enough. It is too hard for them.
> Even expensive "enterprise" routers fail with this sort of stuff.
> 
> Even with all the problems, old bugs going unpatched, that BSD/Linux
> has, they are still the best options available to most people. When a
> network-based attack is known, it gets patched very quickly. At least
> that is my impression.
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