[TriLUG] Stupid Router

[Ivan Panarusky]

Yeah, that's what I saw. Eventually I hope to use something running Linux as
a router though.

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Cristóbal Palmer <cmp at cmpalmer.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 6:33 PM, Ivan Panarusky <panaruskyi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I heard that DD-WRT is insecure.
>
> I heard that connecting devices to the Internet is insecure. Care to
> be a bit more specific?
>
> Perhaps you're thinking of a kerfuffle on the bugtraq list some time
> ago (Dec 2008). As I recall, the dd-wrt developers made clear that the
> poster was referring to an outdated flaw that had already been
> patched:
>
>  http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Dec/0139.html
>
> Any and all routers are going to have flaws that people find and
> exploit. Using a router is not a sin; failing to update it in a timely
> manner is.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cristóbal M. Palmer
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