[George W. Bush]

Can you explain why a router maker would allow someone on the external internet to connect to the http interface? Surely, such a router should only allow a dhcp client to do this, and it should certainly know their IP addresses.

They literally mean 'drive-by'. As in connecting to and controlling the router wirelessly and reflashing its firmware (or just reconfiguring it) to stage man-in-the-middle attacks. They're talking about your neighbors in high-rises and apartment buildings attacking you via the router. Or in public hotspots or airports.

There are a number of attacks occurring in airports too. People who have enabled XP's Peer-To-Peer networking service and who take advantage of a "Free Internet" hotspot are connecting to a pirate trying to plant stuff on their shared folders/drives or who are staging man-in-the-middle attacks when they connect to corporate/banking/shopping sites. Many of these attackers are operating currently in major airports, universites, etc.

Lock down your wireless laptop and your router.

[proxy_user]

My router is wired! If any hacker wants to connect, he has to plug in a cable.

I also use a strong password, 8 characters with both letters and numbers.