Remote access questions

Opayq · 2024-05-24T13:00:08.130Z

Can someone help?

If goodcloud and ddns disabled can someone control my router remotely?
Is there any way to remove any possibility to access my router remotely? Remove (!) not disable.
Is goodcloud free for my home router?

admon · 2024-05-24T13:32:11.453Z

Opayq:

If goodcloud and ddns disabled can someone control my router remotely?

DDNS isn't needed for GoodCloud. If both are deactivated, there is no way to manage the router remotely - unless of course VPN, SSH or even HTTP(s) are active from outside. This is not the case by default.

Opayq:

Is there any way to remove any possibility to access my router remotely? Remove (!) not disable.

No. Deactivating is the same as removing.

Opayq:

Is goodcloud free for my home router?

Yes.

Opayq · 2024-05-24T13:59:09.959Z

admon:

DDNS isn't needed for GoodCloud. If both are deactivated, there is no way to manage the router remotely - unless of course VPN, SSH or even HTTP(s) are active from outside. This is not the case by default.

I didn’t understood anything… I bought router, what to disable from box?

admon · 2024-05-24T13:59:59.694Z

You don't need to disable anything; just don't enable the features.

Opayq · 2024-05-24T14:02:28.407Z

admon:

just don't enable the features.

I don’t understand. I think I am dumb… Can you clarify?

admon · 2024-05-24T14:05:55.822Z

Don't enable:

SSH Remote Access
HTTPS Remote Access
GoodCloud

All found somewhere in the routers GUI, depending on the version.
So as long as you did not enable something called "Remote whatever", you can't remotely control the router.

Opayq · 2024-05-24T14:15:35.452Z

I didn’t enabled them. So no access from remote?

admon · 2024-05-24T14:16:32.398Z

Yep, if you did not enable it - no access.

Opayq · 2024-05-24T14:17:12.501Z

At all? Even for support?

admon · 2024-05-24T14:19:11.642Z

If we don't want to start a discussion about possible backdoors somewhere in some kernel module (and I can't say anything about that, I haven't read the source code): Yes, even support can't access the device.

Opayq · 2024-05-24T14:20:42.990Z

admon:

backdoors somewhere in some kernel

Kernel? As I know it can even bypass firewalls… But I’m not too paranoid