Re: Giving the vendors a choice will give the users a choice
If you have enough knowledge about firewalls and how the Mikrotik works, it is a great bit of kit, but for the average user the default configuation leaves a lot to be desired.
It is quite obvious that Mikrotik devices are not aimed or marketed at the average home user. It's quite obvious from the feature-set, UI and documentation that these devices are aimed at networking professionals who should be expected to be able to secure their own stuff. I wouldn't recommend Mikrotik kit to Joe Average for the same reason I wouldn't recommend Cisco, Checkpoint, Juniper etc. etc.
However, for those that can handle them, they provide huge capability for the price.
That said, there's no need for insecure by default.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
