Questions tagged [isp]
Questions about the security of ISPs (Internet Service Providers), ISP managed devices, ISP communications etc.
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Can an ISP detect or log specific devices connected to ISP-provided home routers?
Let's say I’m using a Dell Inspiron Laptop. Does my ISP have a log of this or can they detect what devices are connected to my router?
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How long do ISPs retain data? [closed]
I recently came across an article informing people about how long major ISP’s store user data such as IP assignments and other user data. On average, companies supposedly stored this data for 6 months ...
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Real time chat - is it possible to see messages from it again
I have a theoretical question. If you went on a website which provides real time chat service, and only login information it requires is a username of your choice, and the website adress was https, ...
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What is the power of my ISP about my modem? [closed]
I have speed problem for my internet connection. When I called my ISP they said that the source of the problem is your VDSL modem.TTNET is my ISP and modem is provided by ISP. I wonder
How they can ...
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Do major ISPs still ignore IP spoofing?
I was reading this question:
Why don't ISPs filter on source address to prevent spoofing?
and based on those answers, ISPs ignore it because of the overhead of checking for spoofing.
But that ...
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Does a self-hosted VPN (openvpn) at home encrypt traffic for my ISP? [duplicate]
Title says it all.
If I host my own VPN at home (using openvpn), and connect my devices to it, will my ISP be able to see the contents of my traffic?
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How does DNS over TLS prevent your ISP from seeing the websites you visit?
For example, I'm using DNS over TLS in Android Pie. This happens:
I visit a website (google.com).
I send a DNS query to the DNS server, and the response is the IP address of google.com. The ISP knows ...
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Is a fake address/info to an ISP/service enough to be untraceable in theory?
It got me thinking recently. Wouldn't a fake/incorrect address be enough to deter investigating/finding a criminal via cyberspace? The reason we know it's so easy to find someone is because they give ...
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How to prevent my ISP or any third party from knowing my browsing history and such without VPN or DNS servers? [closed]
Is it possible to encrypt my data before sending it through my ISP so all they see is an encrypted stream of what I am doing? How will that be possible? This should be done without using VPN, Tor, i2p,...
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How can a router or my ISP protect against phishing? [duplicate]
I see a few services advertising the ability to protect against phishing and ransomware attacks. ISPs sell services which supposedly protect you and some routers like Check Point 700/900 series. Is ...
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Online traffic monitoring by ISP for safety purposes [closed]
I have a question regarding approach to online security and protection against viruses, malware and phishing by one of the biggest European ISP. Below you will find my understanding of the topic. Is ...
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OpenVPN configuration and ISP's DNS
I have configured OpenVPN server for using Clouflare DNS - 1.1.1.1. I use OpenVPN connection in the next way: sudo openvpn --config Config.ovpn on my local machine in WiFi network.
My ISP provider ...
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Is this a viable defense against correlation attacks?
So, I guess most of you know that the true identity can be revealed if somebody controls the entry and the exit node of your Tor-connection.
Let´s say I´m connecting first to an encrypted VPN Server ...
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Can an ISP limit what security software (firewall) that will work?
My ISP (JCOM) says that McAfee is the only security software that will work with them. Is that true? The system is running Windows 7 Home Premium Japanese Version.
The McAfee system is provided by ...
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Is a DoS attack possible on a single home connection when the ISP uses NAT?
Today almost all ISPs use a NAT system to assign more people the same IP (at least where I am), probably because the IPv4 addresses are ending and they want to save money. Is it possible to make a DoS ...
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Can VPN prevent ISP from tracking? [duplicate]
Is VPN able to hide the traffic from the tracking and viewed by the ISP or even government units?
Is VPN able to bypass the ISP internet hotspot quota limit? How did ISP track/identify whether user is ...
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Is it dangerous to disable the IPv6 firewall built into many home routers?
The router that my ISP has delivered contains an IPv6 firewall. The only configuration option is whether it is on or off. Apparently, this firewall simply denies all incoming connections.
I ...
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How to use Cox ISP and maintain secure account information? [closed]
Cox ISP has been changing my account information like my address, phone number and name to the wrong addresses, names and phone numbers.
I ask them to make the corrections and they don't. Instead ...
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Do VPNs connect to my ISP?
When I ask the VPN server to do the queries for me, does the VPN use its own ISP to run the queries over the internet?
Or did the VPN server use my ISP connection to search over the internet and by ...
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Can someone eavesdrop on my home network? [closed]
My network setup is:
First router+modem connected to ADSL cable
Second router is connected via LAN to WAN to the first router
My computer is connected to the second router via ethernet cable.
there ...
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How does my ISP see information about my PC?
Recently I called my ISP and talked to them about a problem I experienced with a PC. They asked me "Are you talking about the PC that is connected in port 2 with X hostname?"
It got me wondering how ...
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Can ISPs be helpful in preventing spam?
I have received a number of phishing emails from various domains. I would like to prevent the domain from sending emails so that other people also don't get taken advantage of.
I have not been ...
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Management interface on Cisco router
In my company we had firewall as edge device with the internet. Behind this central firewall we have management network. Now we had to put Cisco router in front of central firewall, as part of some ...
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Can an ISP see hostname of VirtualBox
I know ISP see the hostnames of devices connected to them
Does ISP see the hostname of VirtualBox Machines ?
Also do they see MAC address of Virtual Machines ?
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Can restarting a router result in its software being updated?
Articles in the past few days have mentioned the FBI recommending folks restarting their routers to avoid “Russian” malware from affecting some 500,000 routers.
This made me curious; what could ...
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Could an IPS have blocked an attack on a vulnerable router/firewall?
Thinking about the recent news regarding SOHO routers vulnerable to the VPNFilter attack: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/fbi-tells-router-users-to-reboot-now-to-kill-malware-...
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TCP timestamps: available to whom?
I was told that an adversary can figure out system uptime by looking at TCP timestamps. But I'm not sure who exactly can see this information. For example, if I set up a hardware Tor gateway so that ...
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Does your ISP know your router's name?
If you named your router "A" then changed it to "B", would they know / be notified
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Does your ISP know what type of phone/computer you're using?
For instance do they know whether you're using an iPhone or Samsung?
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What is and how good is an ISP-provided antivirus?
Today I had my Internet provider to install Internet Fiber at my place.
I've been asked whether I wanted the antivirus service.
I am aware you can (and should) install an antivirus on your computer.
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Is my ISP hosting malware or has it suffered a sub-domain takeover, or is my router compromised?
I'm new to this netsec stuff but I wanted to ask an opinion about what is going on here.
I've been doing some web development and have been using Codekit for ages, but recently noticed that it's in-...
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My ISP shows my WiFi password on their public site in plain text. Should I be worried?
I recently noticed that when logged into my ISPs (Spectrum) public, external site that can be accessed outside my network, I can see my home network's WPA2 password in plain text.
This clearly means ...
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Monitoring setup compromising online privacy [closed]
Original post has been updated and includes more details, hopefully it will be sufficient.
Background
I'm hoping that someone here has the adequate knowledge along with suggestions as to what can be ...
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Is the ISP connected to the cellular network? [closed]
If the ISP is monitoring all internet activity that leaves the home router, will they still be able to monitor the internet activity if you connect to the cellular network from a phone? Is it possible ...
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Can my ISP provide my parents with what sites I visit? [duplicate]
Ok so I'm LGBT, but I'm not out to my parents. They wouldn't be very accepting- and I don't want to be in an environment where they know because trust me it would be a bad situation. However, I want ...
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Is it possible for my ISP to do MITM attack on my VPN? [duplicate]
Yesterday my ISP dropped my connection for several hours. This idea came to me during that time.
Is it possible for my ISP to do MITM attack on my VPN when he knows I start it almost instantly as he ...
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Is SSL + DNScrypt enough to hide visited domains from my ISP?
I've been using VPN lately which I configured on Ubuntu machine in Germany, and I do not feel comfortable using it because of high latency. So I found DNScrypt. Since I only want to keep my browsing ...
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Filter out ISPs from Whois results [closed]
I was wondering if there is any efficient way or any service (free or not) that may help me in order to identify companies behind IP addresses.
I figured out that in some cases Whois may be really ...
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Can my isp see what I legitimately download? [duplicate]
I can't seem to find the answer for this question. Can my ISP know what I download legitimately - in other words, NOT p2p, NOT torrent based, nor anything else that could be shady.
If I go on https://...
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What parties have access to the *full* requested URL of a website accessed via the HTTPS protocol? [duplicate]
What parties have access to the full requested URL of a website accessed via the HTTPS protocol?
Here are some possibilities I can think of, and there could be more:
local device accessing the ...
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How DNS is leaked? [duplicate]
I am newbie in network security. I cannot understand how can a server detect my DNS servers and how they can be useful to break anonymity.
I understand how does the Internet work. How the request is ...
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ISP provides RJ45 instead of RJ11/coaxial/modem, how to separate the network?
The ISP is in the same building, they provide the internet from an RJ45 cable through a hole in the adjacent wall, instead of the conventional coaxial or RJ11 modem. Right now there is an ethernet ...
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VPN, ISP & deep packet inspection
If I use OpenVPN on port 443 (TCP or UDP), is it possible for my ISP with deep packet inspection to find out VPN usage?
If so, what is the alternative?
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Can ISP's know the information you share with an https site?
Hate to bring politics onto this site, but politics did inspire this question.
I found out today that Donald Trump's new executive order now allows ISP's to sell your data, browser history, and ...
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how free internet proxy works [closed]
I tried to get free internet bypassing my mobile network's ISP using a proxy setting in my mobile. I got the instructions in some trick I read and it actually works. When I browsed the proxy page, it ...
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Hiding or Obscuring Data from ISPs
With the recent vote by the US Congress to relax internet privacy regulations(see here), I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to prevent data gathering by my ISP. From the article I linked, ...
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My ISP uses deep packet inspection; what can they observe?
I found out that my ISP does deep packet inspection.
Can they see the contents of HTTPS connections? Wouldn't having HTTPS ensure that they can't see the contents being transferred?
And can having a ...
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Would it be possible for an ISP to guess specific requests on an HTTPS site using package size? [duplicate]
In light of the recent senate decision in the US to allow ISPs to sell users' browsing history, I've been reading of recommendations on how users can retain their privacy. One of the common ...
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Will Canadian ISPs be affected by US Broadband Privacy removals? [closed]
The US Senate just voted 50/48 to permanently eliminate all privacy rules for ISPs. If it passes the House, then they can sell US consumer information to paying companies.
Will Canadian ISPs, like ...
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Without exaggeration, what are the practical security implications of the anti-privacy legislation S.J. Res. 34 for the average Internet user?
A resolution was passed in the US Senate today, that allows US ISP's to sell its users' "browsing data" and private information to third parties.
If this resolution becomes a law, does this mean ...
