RE: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

[Laurence Perkins <lperkins@openeye.net>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> 
> Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 4:36 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info
> 
> On Saturday, 6 August 2022 00:05:20 BST Wol wrote:
> > On 05/08/2022 15:53, Laurence Perkins wrote:
> > > Oh, and note that if your ISP works the same way as mine, they have 
> > > a backdoor into whatever equipment they happen to have provided.  So 
> > > definitely put it in bridge mode or whatever and use your own gear 
> > > if you don't want them spying on the doings of your internal 
> > > network.  One of the local ISPs here even calls it a "feature" and 
> > > will ping the mobile app they require you to install to use their 
> > > service every time they detect "suspicious" traffic on your internal net...
> > What do they do if you don't know how to use a mobile? (Yes that IS a 
> > serious question - I provide tech support to family like that :-)
> 
> ...or if you use your own equipment?
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Peter.
> 

I would strongly recommend getting your own equipment with most ISPs since the rental price on their equipment will buy a new modem yearly.

Now, that said, the other ISP in the area also has a backdoor, and they try to connect to it any time they're running diagnostics, and if the connection fails then they reset the circuit.  So your choice is use one of their sanctioned models and leave the backdoor alone or else have sporadic dropouts.

LMP