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Many home routers supplied by ISPs can be compromised en masse, researchers say
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| 10 August, 2014 23:33
| Lucian Constantin (IDG News Service)
Posted on 08/11/2014 9:36:34 PM PDT by Utilizer
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To: tophat9000
They still can’t get past my firewall. They can’t get into my pc.
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posted on
08/12/2014 6:35:20 PM PDT
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driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: ducttape45
I never use ISP provided modem/routers. I purchase my own. I don’t trust Comcast enough to use their equipment in my residence. My case, I had already had the SBC/Yahoo DSL modem for a couple of years but was not entirely sure I was getting all the throughput I wanted out of it so I was considering a new one.
The Netgear refurb combo unit was on sale quite soon after, and it included the DSL modem, four-port LAN jacks, and added wireless as well which came in handy for when relatives came to visit and had poor reception on their devices. Just enabled the wireless function with some simple encryption and a randomly-generated password for them to use, and everything worked very well indeed.
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posted on
08/12/2014 6:56:12 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: RitchieAprile
hang a share called “warez” on it.. Or something like "cthultu awaits". *grin*
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posted on
08/12/2014 6:57:34 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: driftdiver
They still can’t get past my firewall. They can’t get into my pc. Mine either.
Although I did have to go out and purchase some more tinfoil once I finished protecting it. ;)
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posted on
08/12/2014 6:59:12 PM PDT
by
Utilizer
(Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them-)
To: Utilizer
I also run an ids. There are hundreds of attempts each day. Most are basic scans to see if you left something simple open.
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posted on
08/12/2014 7:05:05 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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