Mudi is a CES 2020 Innovation Awards Honoree in Cybersecurity and Personal Privacy
The Internet is a necessary element of our daily lives, regardless if you are at home, at the office or traveling. Public Wi-Fi is everywhere, such as in restaurants, hotels, and public transports. Are you sure you are using a safe and reliable Wi-Fi hotspot, or 4GLTE network? Or are you exposing yourself to all kinds of cybersecurity risks? Mudi is the best option if you want to secure your personal sensitive information. It is a portable 4G LTE privacy router for road warriors and business travelers who want to secure their data with state-of-art cryptography without boundary limitations.
Secure Data While Traveling
Mudi works better than a typical travel router, as it secures your personal information in various ways. If you connect your devices directly to the public Internet, you are guaranteed to make yourself vulnerable to various cybersecurity risks. The most common cybersecurity risk is malware distribution. It exploits software vulnerabilities to inject malware onto your device without your knowledge. In addition, malicious hotspots; a type of Man-in-the-Middle attack; can fool you into connecting to them by using a name that is similar to the original location Wi-Fi name. Once you are connected, the hacker in control of the malicious hotspot can steal your sensitive data, or gain access to your mobile device or computer, and use it to commit cyber crime.
Including Mudi in your workflow will help secure your data from hackers, viruses and data leaks while using the public Internet.
Access Local Network Without Boundaries
Mudi can help you to overcome region restriction headaches. You can enjoy your favorite live video stream, TV series, or access your office software or search engine while you are traveling overseas. Just connect to your home or office network through Mudi, and you are free to watch your local programs, or even check your smart home security system from the other side of the world.
Easy Tor Anonymous Network Routing: Backed by world-class researchers, Mudi has the Tor (The Onion Router) service installed, and it is easy to switch on or off by a simple switch button. After you activate the Tor service, Mudi can encrypt and bounce communications randomly through a network of relays that run by volunteers around the globe.
Therefore, Mudi with Tor can conceal your identity and browsing data from surveillance and traffic analysis by separating identification and routing.
Great Commercial VPN Provider Compatibility: Mudi keeps your Internet connection private with multiple VPN protocols. It provides the best encryption and authentication with OpenVPN. Meanwhile, WireGuard® gives the privacy-minded users a fast and simple VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. Mudi supports more than 25 commercial VPN service providers so that you are free to choose the plan you want.
*WireGuard® is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.
Encrypted DNS with Cloudflare DNS over TLS, or DNS via HTTPS proxy: Mudi uses Cloudflare to obtain a fast, secure, and authoritative DNS performance; while preventing DNS hijacking and domain theft.
“DNS over HTTPS” (DoH) is a protocol for performing remote DNS resolution via the HTTPS protocol. The purpose of this method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks by using the HTTPS protocol to encrypt the data between the DoH client and the DoH-based DNS resolver.
“DNS over TLS” is a security protocol for encrypting and wrapping Domain Name System (DNS) queries and answers via the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The goal of this protocol is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data via man-in-the-middle attacks.
4 methods to access the Internet
Responsive Web Control Panel
Mudi has a user friendly web control panel interface. You can access it through any web browser on your mobile devices and computers; it is responsive and works flawlessly on different screens.
Mobile App
Want a quick and easy way to control your Mudi? You can download the Mudi mobile app, which lets you control Mudi via your mobile phone or tablet. Through the Mudi app you can connect Mudi to different VPN services by entering your credentials. Mudi will automatically download the configuration file from your provider and do the setup for you. Your credentials are stored securely on the mobile app.
Hardware Switch turn on or off VPN/Tor quickly
Mudi comes with a hardware switch button that you can use to turn on off VPN (or Tor) quickly.
Standby Mode to Save Power
In order to save power when the Mudi is idle, you can switch to Standby mode by pressing and holding the power button for 3 seconds. The screen will give you feedback. To wake up Mudi and continue using it, press and hold the power button for another 3 seconds.
Mudi comes with industrial CAT4 (or CAT6) 4G LTE modules, which give you stable and high speed carrier data. Dual-Band Wi-Fi in Mudi is another key feature to maximize your Internet experience.
The 7000mAh Li-Poly battery lasts for 12 hours of use. Using the USB-C port replicator, you can connect your PC to Mudi using Ethernet cable.
When inserting a MicroSD card, you can use Mudi as a local shared storage for all of your devices. By adding an OLED display, Mudi shows important information and active functions to you instantly.
Mudi is powered by the latest OpenWrt 19.07. The system capability is maximized by adding a programmable OLED to OpenWrt. Pre-configured settings of personal security and privacy make Mudi ready to use once it is fully charged. You can control the router through the web control panel or mobile app.
For updates and enhancements, you can check out GitHub for Mudi’s open source code, SDKs, API documents, and software packages.
1. Open Source VPN Protocols: In Mudi, the state-of-the-art open source cryptography protocols include OpenVPN and WireGuard®. The protocols provide the maximum protection and maintain the best performance. This lets Mudi connect existing VPN service providers according to your options.
By using open source cryptography, our devices benefit from performance and security updates, as well as mature and well tested code bases. This is because there is a huge community of support pushing the projects forward and improving them daily.
2. Tor Anonymity: By using Tor on the router, all your data will go through Tor network. Tor configuration is based on scripts, config files, and best practices advice provided by @thegrugq.
3. Repeater Manager: Repeater Manager in Mudi stores your known SSIDs, so it can automatically connect to the available SSIDs on the list when you are nearby. Repeater Manager tells and ask WPA-Supplicant directly to connect different Wi-Fi Networks. It is very fast and efficient because it does not need to restart the Wi-Fi and has no interruption during re-connection.
4. Multiple Internet and Failover: While traveling, Mudi will be connected to your carrier network to supply secure Internet to your devices. When you arrive back at home or to the hotel, Mudi will connect to the corresponding Wi-Fi to protect your data. Furthermore, if your Wi-Fi happens to cut off, Mudi will automatically switch to any other connected sources such as WAN or LTE using its fallover capabilities.
5. DNS protection by verified services providers: Mudi has DNS encryption via Cloudflare or other DNS HTTPS proxies. Remember to choose your trusted DNS services.
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GL.iNet is a leading developer of reliable networking devices. We offer a great selection of Wi-Fi routers featured pre-installed OpenWrt and powered by cutting-edge technology. We provide our customers an unparalleled level of network security and optimized network control. We build partnerships with like-minded corporations around the world in order to produce high quality and high performance products and services. Concerning privacy, we believe that you have the right to know what technologies you are using and how your data is being processed. Using high tech products does not mean you need to sacrifice your personal data. You deserve the right to pick the option that you trust. We look forward to seeing you use our distinguished products in your smart and secure lifestyle.
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GL.iNet is active in keeping its software and products up-to-date and dependable, however, just like any business, issues arise that can cause delays in production and shipping.
We have finalized and developed a production plan that we believe minimizes these risks, however, in the event that something occurs, we will notify you and work quickly to resolve the issue.
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