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MikroTik router security hole allows DL user database with plain passwords

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Re: MikroTik router security hole allows DL user database with plain passwords

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Why would you ever want to have any kind of login / API on a firewall accessible on a public interface?

And why would you call it “winbox”?

Wait until you two hear how they "encrypt" user passwords...

Re: MikroTik router security hole allows DL user database with plain passwords

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post #2

Why would you ever want to have any kind of login / API on a firewall accessible on a public interface?

And why would you call it “winbox”?

That's what their Admin GUI Windows app is called.