Looks as if the use of a router as a firewall could be challenged as there's a trojan that changes DNS settings.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-99...g=2547-1_3-0-5
Looks as if the use of a router as a firewall could be challenged as there's a trojan that changes DNS settings.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-99...g=2547-1_3-0-5
PeterC
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Unless I'm much mistaken this is pretty old news and requires either (dependent on the variant) that you have a particular router, and haven't changed the admin password OR that you have UPnP enabled.
Ah, OK, I'd not seen it before - sorry.
PeterC
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As I said, it depends on the variant. There's one which utilises UPnP to reconfigure your router and that requires no authentication. And no need to apologise Giraffe - you're probably not the only person who'd heard of it, in which case it's worth bringing to people's attention.
But yes, it's scary the number of people who leave a router with it's default credentials, even in (scratch that, ESPECIALLY in) enterprise situations.
Yup, some of the schools that shared the same RM kit as the one I worked in suddenly wondered why they couldn't perform basic admin tasks.
Turns out, one of the RM engineers had a sense of humour, and the default password for one of the accounts was aptly named 'changeme'. Most schools did. Except a few....
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