[sf-lug] crackers may target routers, here are some defence ideas such as OpenWRT

[maestro]

Excuse my spelling before noon...
Thanks to BobbIE...


Message ends.
_________________

On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Jim & Bobby!!!...
>
>
> Message ends.
> _________________
>
> On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Here's a link to an article that claims
>> that world-wide crackers may be targetting
>> our routers because the routers are frail
>> from a security standpoint.
>>
>>
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2971270/security/your-router-gateway-for-hackers.html?phint=newt%3Dnetworkworld_network_optimization_alert&phint=idg_eid%3D9acc943f8448d8c96fc5b38178c536aa#tk.NWWNLE_nlt_network_optimization_2015-08-18
>>
>>     Set a long, complex password, turn off
>> uPnP and any other unneeded features, and--
>> most effective of all--re-fire the firmware
>> with OpenWRT.
>>     We discussed this last night in the
>> SF-LUG meeting, and Bobbie found these
>> links to the Buffalo router products,
>> which use OpenWRT.
>>
>>
>>     Here is the URL to the Amazon Web page.
>> <
http://www.amazon.com/BUFFALO-AirStation-Simultaneous-Wireless-WZR-1750DHP/dp/B00D69747O
>
>>
>>     Here are two pages for the rest of the information about the free
router firmware and what works with it.
>> <https://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database>
>>
>> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices>
>>
>>     The Buffalo main page.
>> <http://www.buffalotech.com/products>
>>
>> Thanks, Bobbie!
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> ~the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...
>

-- 

*~the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/attachments/20150818/09d204dd/attachment.html>