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by bomm
Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:02 am
Forum: ABE
Topic: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/password
Replies: 8
Views: 11340

Re: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/passwor

The best solution would be if the router itself could block packets for the WAN IP on the local interface.
I think the ABE rule would do more than that, as ABE blocks by address not just by interface... so with only measures working by interface, I would have to wonder if there is even theoretical ...
by bomm
Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:07 pm
Forum: ABE
Topic: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/password
Replies: 8
Views: 11340

Re: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/passwor

Thanks for your help.

You could also turn off the WAN IP LOCAL feature & enter the displayed WAN IP in the SYSTEM rule manually?
It would work, but I have a dynamic IP address, so it's not a good idea to manage the rules manually.
If I understood the explanation about this fingerprinting correct ...
by bomm
Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:57 pm
Forum: ABE
Topic: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/password
Replies: 8
Views: 11340

Re: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/passwor

(see also https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19435 )
This leads me to https://hackademix.net/2010/07/28/abe-patrols-the-routes-to-your-routers/
According to this page it is expected to do the fingerprinting every 5 minutes. And I may be able to disable the fingerprinting by ...
by bomm
Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:27 am
Forum: ABE
Topic: With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/password
Replies: 8
Views: 11340

With WAN-IP=LOCAL Firefox asks for router's user/password

Hello,

I think, NoScript tries to access my router triggering an authentication popup.

Longer explanation:

I recently installed NoScript while I was connected a hotel's WLAN and did not see anything suspicious.
At home I noticed that Firefox opened an authentication popup on startup asking for ...