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There should have never been management access enabled by default via WAN or WLAN on ANY router to be honest. In a misguided effort to make their consumer devices more 'friendly'[1] they've just made them more insecure.

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[1] Even though most users have no idea the management interface even exists.



It's a tough call. The comms companies who provide my router provide millions of them. They want ACS/TR-069 by default and use it for automated updates.

I always disable it, but I'll bet I'm something like 1:10k in that respect.


I don't mind it being on WiFi. But yeah, public facing management port is insane.




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