In an effort to regulate Small Office and Home Office routers, the German Federal Office for Information Security offered an initial draft of rules for securing SOHO routers, ZDNet reports. Drafted with input from vendors, telecoms and the hardware community across the country, the 22-page report provides recommendations and rules. While the recommendations will not become law, Germany will become the first country to provide router-specific guidelines. Although manufacturers will not be required to comply, they can differentiate themselves by including a special sticker on their product if they are in compliance with the report’s recommendations.
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