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Feature #16453

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Add note to delete boot environments when resetting to factory defaults

Added by Steve Y 5 days ago. Updated 3 days ago.

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Something just came up on Reddit… I suspect someone bought a used Netgate device which was reset but had boot environments left on it after resetting to factory defaults. That seems problematic if a new owner can just boot into someone else’s router config, and/or pull the config file.

A checkbox on this page to “also delete all boot environments” would work but seems slightly extreme/dangerous. So my suggestion is a note on the Factory Defaults page to the effect of, “this process does NOT delete saved boot environments.”

Sometimes I find people get confused and assume it’s “reinstalling the firmware” which it does not.

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