how to disable obitalk service from administering device?
reltub:
How do I disable the obitalk portal from administering my obi202? Do I "Delete Device" on the device configuration page? Changing OBITalk Service Settings -> Enable to off on the device is unsuccesful. It appears to be over-ridden by the portal.
ProfTech:
Yes. That is the way the portal works. Delete your device from the portal and then you can configure your Obi locally using the IP address from your network. The portal will no longer write over your changes, however note that if you leave Obitalk enabled in your device so you can call other Obi's, Obihai can still access your device if they choose to. They sent out a firmware update to the whole [Obi] world about 2 years ago and received a lot of flack for it though so I don't think they would do that again unless a really bad bug existed in the firmware, which it doesn't in the current build.
reltub:
Thanks for confirming that. At the moment, the portal provides a nicer interface than the device's own admin page, so I am not planning to do this right now. However, I was annoyed when I realized that the portal was over-writing my changes to the device's password...
KAura:
Quote from: ProfTech on January 27, 2014, 07:57:45 pm
...however note that if you leave Obitalk enabled
...Obihai can still access your device if they choose to.
WoW, that's an eye opener!
Any way around this security hole?
ProfTech:
Not that I'm aware of but I'm not a networking expert. I am not really concerned except for the fact that if Obihai can get into it, there may be a way some hacker could figure out how to do it. I don't use Obitalk at this time so have it disabled right now anyway.
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