Seral - Part. 1 - Internet & Firewall

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Seral’s first pillar is simple: take back your network equipment.

The router sits at the centre of a home network’s security. Every packet goes through it. It decides which ports are open, acts as the gateway to the internet, and does (or does not) protect personal data. It is the first line of defence.

These days we have less and less control over that box. ISPs push their own routers, lock the MAC address, add custom authentication, and ship a pile of proprietary code. Hard to know what is actually running in there. And what confidence can you have in a router whose admin UI is sometimes reachable over Wi-Fi and rarely patched properly?

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Seral - Part. 1 - Internet & Firewall