Asus gebruikt voor zijn nieuwere routers, zoals de RT-AC66U en RT-AC87U, van Tomato afgeleide firmware met de naam Asuswrt. Deze firmware is, op enkele drivers na, opensource, waarbij de gesloten binaries wel meegeleverd worden. Asuswrt-merlin is op zijn beurt een aangepaste versie van de originele firmware van Asus. Het bevat onder meer bugfixes en kleine verbeteringen, maar probeert toch dicht bij het origineel te blijven, zodat het mogelijk blijft om nieuwe features die Asus introduceert toe te voegen aan de code. Versie 380.70 is uitgekomen en hierin zijn de volgende veranderingen en verbeteringen aangebracht:
Note:Changed:
- This will be the final 380.xx release for all models. The RT-N66U and RT-AC66U support will be dropped, and all other models have been migrated to the new gen branch, as of release 384.4. People who wish to keep getting updates for these two older models should look at the john9527 fork.
Fixed:
- Tightened security around some config files.
- Samba protocol support can now be set to SMBv1, SMBv2, or SMBv1 + SMBv2 (the new default). This will result in a performance drop on all models, but will be more secure. Ideally, people should change it to SMBv2 only, and then reboot all their client devices to start using only the new protocol. If performance is more important than security to you, then you can switch it back to SMBv1, which is the old default behaviour.
- Switched to the new Entware repo for armv7 models. To upgrade, run the following commands TWICE:
opkg update; opkg upgrade
- Apply button not working on the OpenVPN Client page.
- Potential racing condition that could lead to two instances of miniupnpd running at boot time.
- Broken FAQ links (backport from 380_8120)
- Security issue in httpd (CVE-2018-8879).
- Security issues in httpd (backports from 380_8228)