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@SHA-256 Hmmm, am I the only one in my LAN? I thought there are supposed to be other users too. No???
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@ohmylacooon Well yes there are other users like your family...if you want to have the router at home
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....So assuming that I am the only user, there is no possibility of other people watching over the network while the http server sends and gets non-secured data? There can be absolutely no middle man stealing the data? :D @SHA-256
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What do you mean by admin "backend"? @SHA-256
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@ohmylacooon do you not trust your family?
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@ohmylacooon Dude just Google LAN and learn some network basics :)
And no it's normal that you need your WiFi to connect to your router -
@SHA-256 Dude...good point but it doesn't hurt to share some knowledge around here, does it.
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You indeed need to be somewhat connected to your local network to access its router, be it by Wi-Fi or ethernet (cable).
Obviously, you cannot access your router's interface if you are not physically linked to it through a network.
Aside from that, and since only the users connected to the same local network can access to the router's management interface, there is no need for https to access it. Plus 99.99% of the time, you need a username and a password to enter the management interface.
You CAN force https on your local network. But that doesn't mean you SHOULD, unless you have top secret classified information roaming about on your local network obviously.
Could someone please tell me what model of router uses Https for their admin page? I went to the store and I noticed most of them had http. What is the point in making the right setting if in the first place the connection is not secure?! :S
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fucking router security