Posted on 02/22/2010 5:37:51 AM PST by ShadowAce
If you have a wireless router of any stripe, check out http://www.dd-wrt.com. This is an open-source community firmware for most retail routers. It’s solid as a rock, and it opens up the features on your wireless router like you’d never believe!
As an aside, write down a complex password and tape it to the underside of your router. Of all the components in your home network, your router should have the most complex password of all. Learn a few simple configuration tweaks on standard router firmware, and you’ll be secure even without installing the dd-wrt firmware.
Excellent advice. I use dd-wrt on my Linksys router, and it is very solid, with zero issues.
I don’t see any necessity to change the firmware on a home router. All people need to do is change the default encryption layer and password and do as you say, write the password on a piece of tape underneath the router.
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BTTT
Memo to self: Reconfigure SSID to "0BAMA SUX" tonite.
Gee, I guess we need to start worrying about the millions of OSX and Linux boxes out there now.
To be serious for a sec, I would imagine that even folks who'd updated their d-link routers to something like DD-WRT would have to be worried about this attack if they were stupid enough to use the default or weak password.
Guess I should have read the thread before my last post. :-) I like DD-WRT too. One update to turn a $50 appliance into a thousand dollar router. Gotta love it!
Is this just wireless routers or does it include wired routers also and does it matter what OS the computer is running?
I don’t think it matters whether it’s wireless or wired. Since this attacks the router, the computer behind it won’t be infected, as such, so it does not matter which OS the computer(s) are running.
ROTFLMAO! It’s been years since I set up my Lynkis wired router so I thumbed through my spiral notebook for my password and it is pretty lame...
How can someone tell if they have a botnet on their router?
Those SSID names are relatively clean compared to the ones I come across.
I was making the recommendation to those who like to tinker. The default router firmwares are generally stable, but you’re at the mercy of the manufacturer as to what features are enabled. Default Linksys firmware has very limited content filtering, but install DD-WRT and you have more content filtering than you could possibly imagine!
Reboot the router. Then you won’t have one. :)
OK, that’s cool. And I agree linksys default OS is kind of a pain to navigate for the neophyte.
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