TL-WR902AC Travel Router - Severe Security Compromise
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TL-WR902AC Travel Router - Severe Security Compromise
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First, it is a wonderful small travel router with remarkable range. But I am deeply disturbed to find that "PPTP/Russia PPTP" means ABSOLUTELY NO ENCRYPTION. With remarkably bad taste calling this travesty of a VPN by the name "Russia PPTP" makes one wonder if the true meaning implies that to get the full transcript of everything you do, just contact the office of V. Putin or his numerous agents in Washington DC. What is TP-Link thinking?
This mis-implementation of PPTP will not accept encrypted links which makes it not only near useless but dangerous too. It is not clear whether TP-Link outsourced to FSB/Great Wall approved developers but it is not acceptable to inflict running in the clear without warning. True, PPTP is not robust, but it will defeat casual snoopers and many of the less determined. I will NEVER open my PPTP server side software to no encryption. If TP-Link meant this in good faith, it should have been in the form of a SOCKs proxy.
I would like a damn good answer or I will post very explicit warning to Amazon.
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
First, it is a wonderful small travel router with remarkable range. But I am deeply disturbed to find that "PPTP/Russia PPTP" means ABSOLUTELY NO ENCRYPTION. With remarkably bad taste calling this travesty of a VPN by the name "Russia PPTP" makes one wonder if the true meaning implies that to get the full transcript of everything you do, just contact the office of V. Putin or his numerous agents in Washington DC. What is TP-Link thinking?
This mis-implementation of PPTP will not accept encrypted links which makes it not only near useless but dangerous too. It is not clear whether TP-Link outsourced to FSB/Great Wall approved developers but it is not acceptable to inflict running in the clear without warning. True, PPTP is not robust, but it will defeat casual snoopers and many of the less determined. I will NEVER open my PPTP server side software to no encryption. If TP-Link meant this in good faith, it should have been in the form of a SOCKs proxy.
I would like a damn good answer or I will post very explicit warning to Amazon.