No doubt you are correct.
Any idea what this means, taken from the Asus firmware release notes pages?
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ASUS RT-N66U Firmware version 9.0.0.4.380.2695
[Beta release]
Security Related
- Modified the access rights of account mode and share mode to asusware.platform path when lighttpd server is enabled. (Très Acton at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence)
- Modified the access rights to specific port of UPnP server. (Thanks to Acton)
- Updated lighttpd server version to 1.4.39 (Thanks to Tommi)
- Restriced access from wan method to enhance security. (Thanks for David)
- Changed SSH and Telnet default access interface.
New Features
- Supported auto dynamic port changing of UPnP server when ports conflict.
- Supported more ASUS Router App new features
Bug fixed
- Fixed the GUI issue for reboot scheduler
- Fixed httpd/ Telnetd/ SSH restart issue after LAN address changed
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Also, I now see that the screen shot I found
here which I've been referring to is in fact from Merlin firmware (as seen at the top of the page (below)). However, while the author does state he is using Merlin firmware, he does also go on to say:
"You do not need to use a custom firmware to enable SSH!"
which I took to mean that the OEM firmware also had this capability.
This is really puzzling...