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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/07/05/tp-link-config-domains
This is not the first time this has happened - but TP-Link failed to update the domain registrations for two of their configuration domains - tplinklogin.net and tplinkextender.net. and as a result, these are now parked.
Asus had a similar problem with asusnetwork.net, which many of their older devices used for intitial configuration - Asus changed the redirection in later builds to router.asus.com, but asusnetwork.net is now a malware host...
These redirections can be very useful, but the Vendors do need to stay on top of the registrations, lest they lose them - these redirection URL's are very attractive to miscreants..
This is not the first time this has happened - but TP-Link failed to update the domain registrations for two of their configuration domains - tplinklogin.net and tplinkextender.net. and as a result, these are now parked.
Asus had a similar problem with asusnetwork.net, which many of their older devices used for intitial configuration - Asus changed the redirection in later builds to router.asus.com, but asusnetwork.net is now a malware host...
These redirections can be very useful, but the Vendors do need to stay on top of the registrations, lest they lose them - these redirection URL's are very attractive to miscreants..
