On 04/07/18 14:17, Jookia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 01:33:54PM +1000, Andrew Pam wrote: >> On 04/07/18 13:23, Jookia wrote: >>> I haven't got the NBN yet, but we currently have a Telstra technicolor >>> modem. >>> What interests me about it is that it does firmware updating automatically >>> and I can't find any firmware for it online. Short of cracking it open and >>> reading flash chips or doing traffic snooping, there's not much I can do to >>> tell >>> it's not being malicious. >> >> I also have a Technicolor modem on Internode NBN, and I always put my modem >> into bridged mode and use a FOSS server (typically Linux or BSD) as the >> actual router. I'm currently using an old Dell "small business server" that >> I got for free, but even a Raspberry Pi would work as a single-armed >> router. That probably won't protect you against actively malicious >> firmware, but it should mitigate against a lot of vulnerabilities because >> it's much harder to externally contact a router in bridged mode. >> >> Cheers, >> Andrew > > Yeah, I've done that before, so I might do it again eventually. > I've started to consider to just run a local VPN for all my machines to have > things encrypted at the wire level, so no network spying can happen.
Yes, I think it is best to always put the ISPs modem in bridge mode if you can -- but VoIP /may/ be one thing that stops people from doing so. A _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
