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You have to start with endpoints you control/trust if you want to thwart such things... Even then, things are not assured. See also: Heartbleed. -sc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 8:28 AM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Re: Home router Your traffic goes through their infrastructure no matter how you look at it, so unless you're planning on encrypting every single packet that leaves your network before it gets to theirs, then you've left them with snooping opportunities. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: On 11 Apr 2014 at 23:06, Steven M. Caesare wrote: > What are people looking for in a home router? For me, security among other things... > I'm assuming it's something in a feature set not provided by the router > supplied by your broadband ISP? Do you trust your ISP not to snoop on you? > Wireless? Multiple interfaces? FW Capability? VPN endpoint? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Stovall [[email protected]] > Received: Friday, 11 Apr 2014, 11:00PM > To: [email protected] [[email protected]] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Home router > > I gave up and dropped the coin for a Sonicwall TZ205 at home. I tried the > free Astaro offering for a while, as well as ddwrt, but I didn't like > either of them. I'm so used to the full feature set at work, that I became > very frustrated when I didn't have it at home. In hindsight, I think it > was a very good decision. > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Michael B. Smith > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I like the buffalo hardware (which comes with a version of ddwrt) and > > then flashing it with the current version of ddwrt. For home and > > very-small-business. > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Desmond > > *Sent:* Friday, April 11, 2014 7:51 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > *I´ve got a 1U Cisco router I use courtesy of ebay - it´s been working for > > many years in the corner. Keep in mind when you buy commercial gear, the > > support cost goes way up, and when it breaks and you´re not home, it´s not > > exactly end user serviceable as the label says. Running a full linux box or > > something is going to run your power bill up too. * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Thanks,* > > > > *Brian Desmond* > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > > > > > > > *w - 312.625.1438 <312.625.1438> | c - 312.731.3132 <312.731.3132>* > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > > Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 8, 2014 9:46 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Home router > > > > > > > > I am having trouble searching the list archives for a thread on home > > routers. In that thread was a linux box for $125 that I would like to find. > > Does anyone remeber that? > > > > > > -- > > T. Todd Lemmiksoo > > > > > -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
