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by njharman 3466 days ago
Most admins would consider having network infrastructure's firmware change outside of their control a bug/misfeature. Not to mention most devices would require reboot to apply change.

And to be able to remotely change the code running a HUGE security issue.
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kalleboo 3466 days ago
The vast majority of admins don't even know that they're admins. They bought or received a cheap Netgear router, plugged it in, and never touched it again, except to maybe turn it off and on again when the internet was slow/down.

If you're an admin who cares about their infrastructure, you're not using a bargain-basement Netgear router, and if you are, you'll have gone through every single menu and seen the auto-update option.

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duaneb 3466 days ago
Sure. It's also why the internet is super vulnerable to 0-days.
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