On Tue 03 Jul 2018 at 19:59:18 (+0200), Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 03/07/2018 à 02:42, David Wright a écrit : > >On Mon 02 Jul 2018 at 21:58:15 (+0200), john doe wrote: > > > >>It could be that the ISP router went into "bridge mode" (router > >>function was disabled). > > > >Which is rather worrying as you are exposed to the Internet > >without any security. > > Why "without any security" ? > Bridge mode does not cancel the intrinsic security of the host.
We're not talking about the host(s), but the LAN side of the modem-router, as you do here: > Besides, the security provided by the router mode is questionable. I > would not rely on any ISP-provided device for my LAN security. … which was the opinion expressed in my next paragraph: "My advice would be to ditch it and get separate units. […] have full control over the router." Cheers, David.
