VPN Client IP Address

VPN Client IP Address

VPN Client IP Address
VPN Client IP Address
Sunday
Model: ER605 (TL-R605)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.2.5 Build 20240522 Rel.75860

Why is it that TP-Link does not care on logging the originating IP Address of VPN Clients? Is this by design to protect identity of hackers that may try to compromise the system?  I had an incident where I was VPN'ed in to one of my ER605. When I looked the tunnel list in the Open VPN service, I saw two of us logged in??? I know I am the only one who has access to my gateways.  I don't know who/where/why the other client was because there is no trace of any IP address in the log. I used to have a DLink router before the ER605 and that router logs the client VPN connection - where/when and the logout time.

 

The US government is currently investigating TP-Link on their routers being used cyberattacks in the US!

 

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Re:VPN Client IP Address
Sunday

  @firefox111 

 

 

I completely agree with you, there should be more logging of many things, but if it's any consolation, unifi who is the competitor is even worse at logging than Omada, rumors say that there will be more logging on everything in the next versions. so we'll have to wait a few months and see..

 

This is what unifi looks like, very little to see here too

 

 

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Hi @firefox111 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

There is a similar request ongoing: Firewall SYSLOG

Or more specifically to your request, you might need to request a new one on the VPN audit log.

 

If that really worries you after reading these rumors, you should return it. The function is on the road but not available now.

See how people react to such news? I lost the link to the MSN news where people ask the author of that article for the exact model/firmware. He/she never responded. Without mentioning the vul code, affected models, and firmware, simply blaming it as under threat, makes it like an opinion or a click-bait.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TPLink_Omada/comments/1hh1u08/us_gov_plans_to_ban_omada_under_pretext_of/

 

Besides, quote the President, fake news is everywhere. I read some users posted links on this.

I really doubt the authenticity of the news: no mention of the sub-brand of the TP-Link, which product line. And no vulnerability code, no affected models, no affected firmware. Just mention the brand and tarnish it. That's everything the article is about.

Just repeated the title in the contents and that's only one line. The rest of the contents are non-related stuff.

 

What software does not have unfixed or undiscovered problems? Apple and MS fix stuff every few weeks. If you are so sensitive to these, just keep the firmware up-to-date and scan viruses every week or month. And keep a good and clean surfing habit, you should be safe.

 

(I do not upgrade my system on most electronic devices. They deliberately slowed them as I was a victim of planned obsolescence. I have safely without any security fixes/updates and do not expose any sensitive ports to the public Internet(if there is one that has to be exposed, I set up ACL and firewall to stop brutal attacks and regular scans) surfed on the Internet for years.)

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