[Discuss] Router security alert

Deryk Barker dbarker at camosun.bc.ca
Tue Jan 15 22:42:57 PST 2008


Anyone who has a home router connected to the net should check out

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/home_router_insecurity/

Basically, if you've got UPnP enabled, then *regardless* of browser, 
router OS and whether you've change dthe router admin password you're 
vulnerable to a malicious flash site.

Fortunately my Linksys WRT54GL allows me to disable UPnP and I have done.

This is potentially a VERY nasty hack.



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