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I'll bet that there are a lot of people who do care about IoT (in)security but don't have the time nor the inclination and maybe not even the technical skills necessary to truly understand all these issues. To a lot of people, learning about IoT security is like a fast trip down the rabbit hole. If some * consumer * vendor advertised that "we understand IoT security and our new, 2018 version routers protect you from those risks," they could probably charge a bit more than the commodity market price. Maybe even sell IoT as a pay-for extra, like 20-30 bucks. At that price, it would be a nobrainer. Maybe th at extra is just fpsense with lipstick and a bow, but that's OK.It does seem like it would be a half decent opportunity for them, essentially consumer routers are just a router with a switch, so they could just make that switch semi managed, even if all it really does is vlans. Then do the same with the wireless AP portion, have it so you can setup different SSIDs on different vlans.
Then you could setup firewall rules between each vlan, but by default everything would be blocked from each other.
I guess the type of people that actually care enough about basic network security are just going to use better gear like a Pfsense firewall, managed switches and separate wireless APs. But it would still be useful if all this was available in a single package as it would at least make it easy to secure a very small network where all that gear is overkill. Heck even before IOT, this would be useful for say, stores that have IP based interac machines. You don't want those on the same network as say, public wifi.
Don't need separate APs, a ubiquiti edgerouter x and unifi AP could do it out of the boxIt does seem like it would be a half decent opportunity for them, essentially consumer routers are just a router with a switch, so they could just make that switch semi managed, even if all it really does is vlans. Then do the same with the wireless AP portion, have it so you can setup different SSIDs on different vlans.
Then you could setup firewall rules between each vlan, but by default everything would be blocked from each other.
I guess the type of people that actually care enough about basic network security are just going to use better gear like a Pfsense firewall, managed switches and separate wireless APs. But it would still be useful if all this was available in a single package as it would at least make it easy to secure a very small network where all that gear is overkill. Heck even before IOT, this would be useful for say, stores that have IP based interac machines. You don't want those on the same network as say, public wifi.
Don't need separate APs, a ubiquiti edgerouter x and unifi AP could do it out of the box
and that's how we got uPnP, which is a big security risk now...But, still, your average consumer can't understand anything more than "plug and play", and telling them they need to plug their access point(s) into this port so iot things are segregated, then breaks their smartphone/tv/tablet because wireless is now segregated from the home lan. Now have the typical home user configure the router/firewall to allow just the smartphone/tv/tablet into the home network. after 60 )if that long) frustrating minutes, they go ahead and plug everything into the same router port. Not until the mfr's can make the setup completely brainless, iot devices will make your home network vulnerable.
Not until the mfr's can make the setup completely brainless, iot devices will make your home network vulnerable.