Router web interface makes unauthorized, insecure connections

rk47 · 2018-03-09T09:11:17.900Z

I was watching my desktop application firewall when I opened the browser to log into my GL-AR300M. I saw an insecure port 80 connection to 52.68.43.214 before I typed my password. This is the GL.iNet domain.

What is happening here? The routers web interface should not make unnecessary connections to the internet. And when it must connect to a web site, the data should not be sent over an insecure, unencrypted channel because the traffic could be modified in transit.

alzhao · 2018-03-09T15:09:09.110Z

Please check the firmware version. In the old version there is DDNS. This is disabled by default in recent firmware update.

It may also be checking firmware update.