1). I use OpenVPN.
2. This.
The Gargoyle WAN is on the LAN side of the Internet gateway/firewall in this instance.
3). The firewall on my cable modem is set to deny all requests, no open ports.
4). The firewall on my primary router is set to deny all requests, no open ports.
5). My passwords are all random generated, usually better than 12 digits, with the full range of a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and the special characters.
Not an issue, but thanks for pointing it out.
Noob. Please be gentle!
TP-Link WR1043ND running DD-WRT
Netgear WNDR4300v1 running Gargoyle 1.9.0