Is there any benefit to having a router if there's only

>>60380674
Hardware firewalls are a better layer of defense.

>>60380762
You could just as easily secure your computer. Once your hardware firewall is compromised it's no different from having your computer compromised.

Just run OpenBSD on the router, only enable the services you need, tweak pf, and enable ssh keys.

>>60380808
>You could just as easily secure your computer
Intel ME/AMD PSP

You can access the internet for one

>>60380851
Hardware firewalls don't protect you from cpu backdoors

>>60380808
Your PC has more attack surface and is more prone to remote exploitation than a normal consumer router.

>>60380890
Firewalls with confirmed 0% botnet can help alleviate some of those concerns though.

>>60380949
It doesn't make a difference if your PC is a botnet to begin with.

>>60380890
Are there any known backdoors in common MIPS/ARM processors like the garbage Intel/AMD purposefully shit all over their products with?

>>60380949
>Firewalls with confirmed 0% botnet
Which ones are those?