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On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 22:52:25 Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> PS. I still would like to know what people in this list think about |
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> having an ISP managed device as router, re security. Not that I have |
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> any real option if I want the contracted speed... |
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Many ISPs today implement TR-069 (a standard of the DSL forum) to access |
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customer equipment remotely for service provisioning. They use configuration |
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servers to implement management access to *their* routers and update |
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firmware/software, reset the configuration to defaults, or more secure |
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settings. |
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http://www.broadband-forum.org/technical/download/TR-069.pdf |
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This also allows them to undertake status and performance monitoring and run |
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some diagnostics tests to manage their customers' complaints. |
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The extent to which all this also allows spying on your connections is |
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debatable, but if they have access to your DNS resolver, I guess they can |
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route your queries on the fly, wherever they like. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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