[Cialug] ISPs and patching routers

[Barry Von Ahsen]

is there an option to not allow management from WAN?

or is this in addition to that?


-barry


On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Adam Hill wrote:

> 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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