Since winbox came up lately,
How secure is the winbox protocol (assuming you have a great
password)? Is it safe enough to open up to the outside world, or would
I be asking to get hacked?
Jason
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You have the option on the Winbox GUI itself to use secure password if you
put a check in the box.
Mac
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Since winbox came up lately,
How secure is the winbox protocol (assuming you have a great
password)? Is it safe enou
Not really sure. Maybe if someone from Mikrotik is
lurking they can interject
Ty Carter
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Yes, but is the link encrypted or can
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The application never asks for a secure certificate; so one would need
to assume that the link is not encrypted and can be seen through a
packet sniff. Also the port it uses is just a standard TCP port; maybe
the exchange between winbox challenge