Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working

Re:Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working by andrewrice on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @04:32PM (#8429295)

Most routers monitor manufacturer servers for firmware updates, I believe.

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Re:Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working by lucb1e on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @05:15PM (#8429507)

I'm undecided whether this should be opt-in or opt-out, but it surely shouldn't break the router if something upstream breaks.

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Re:Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working by valarauca1 on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @04:36PM (#8429322)

I hope the router implements TLS to transfer the firmware. Otherwise, that certainly isn't a massive attack vector.

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Re:Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working by VLM on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @05:27PM (#8429557)

Some 3rd parties (.gov etc) see that as a feature. Not everything is either customer friendly or outright malice.

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Re:Belkin Explains Why Its Routers Stopped Working by MichaelGG on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @07:53PM (#8430062)

TLS isn't required. The updates only need to be signed.

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