[Cialug] ISPs and patching routers

[Adam Hill]

One of my benched side projects is setting up knockd (port knocker) on my
dd-wrt router so I don't have to leave it's web interface open to be found
by port scanners and can open port forwards by port knocks.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:12 AM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com> wrote:

> dd-wrt / openwrt are one of the targets of this attack as well. If you're
> not up to date, or haven't configured it correctly, you may have problems.
>
> -dc
>
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Here is a related article:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193852/The_tale_of_one_thousand_and_one_DSL_modems
> >
> > This one makes it sound like an A-V company was having trouble
> determining
> > how the computer was being manipulated and redirected because it was
> being
> > done outside the computer through the DSL modem.
> >
> > May you live in interesting times.
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
> > Behalf Of Josh More
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:53 AM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: [Cialug] ISPs and patching routers
> >
> > Looks like the router attack we've long known was possible is now
> actually
> > being used.
> >
> > This would be a good time to move friends and family over to openwrt or
> > ddwrt.  (Or an ISP that takes responsibility for security.)
> >
> > Details are here:
> >
> >
> http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/dsl-modem-hack-infects-millions-with-malware/
> >
> >
> > -Josh
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