Asus router owners should always leave their firewall on
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Feb 12, 2016 12:20 GMT · By Catalin Cimpanu A design flaw in the Web administrative panel of some Asus SoHo routers accidentally exposes the devices to the Internet, even if the owner has configured the router against this type of scenario.
According to independent security researcher David Longenecker, the issue affects all Asus routers running ASUSWRT firmware, which is open source, GNU/Linux-based router firmware.
You can tell if your router is running ASUSWRT firmware by its make and model. If there's "RT-" somewhere in the router's name, then you should take the time to read this article forward.
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