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General => Technology & Hardware => Topic started by: Lias on February 18, 2014, 10:24:12 am

Title: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on February 18, 2014, 10:24:12 am: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/dear-asus-router-user-youve-been-pwned-thanks-to-easily-exploited-flaw/ (http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/02/dear-asus-router-user-youve-been-pwned-thanks-to-easily-exploited-flaw/)

TL;DR. having a HDD plugged into most Asus routers means your sharing all your files with the internet without knowing.
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Craigor on February 18, 2014, 12:08:31 pm: Quote
researcher Kyle Lovett said he went public only after privately contacting Asus representatives two weeks earlier and getting a response that the reported behavior "was not an issue."

lol "yeah, we know anyone can just type ftp://<your ip here> and access all your files, but its not an issue"
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: prolax on February 22, 2014, 01:06:57 pm: recommended routers these days?
+ some sort of security-ness?
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on February 22, 2014, 05:18:49 pm: Quote from prolax: February 22, 2014, 01:06:57 pm
recommended routers these days?
+ some sort of security-ness?

Anything grunty that can run Open-WRT (or your chocie of DD-WRT/Tomato/Gargoyle/etc) IMHO
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: prolax on February 22, 2014, 05:35:18 pm: what'd you recommend as cheap + grunty?

might be getting one in the next week or two;
flatmate moving out – will the modem go with? tune-in next week
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on February 22, 2014, 05:57:03 pm: Quote from prolax: February 22, 2014, 05:35:18 pm
what'd you recommend as cheap + grunty?

might be getting one in the next week or two;
flatmate moving out – will the modem go with? tune-in next week

Router != Modem

If you don't already, should have a separate modem and router, with the modem operating in bridge mode.
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: prolax on February 22, 2014, 07:13:45 pm: ah yea I missed that, but yes I'd need both anyway :-\

i accidentally edited your post and replied instead of quoting it :<
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on February 22, 2014, 08:29:06 pm: http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?r=p&partid=12378 (http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?r=p&partid=12378)

Will do for the router.. if you want to spend more there are nicer ones.

Modem depends on what sort of connection you have.. ADSL? VDSL? assuming not fibre or shit would be supplied.
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: prolax on March 01, 2014, 08:12:27 am: ADSL atm, will upgrade to VDSL soon though
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on March 01, 2014, 09:23:53 pm: I consistently hear good things about Draytek 130's for VDSL
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: RightHandOnly on March 02, 2014, 08:21:55 am: small asa behind the modem is all you need....
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: Lias on March 02, 2014, 08:35:14 am: Quote from RightHandOnly: March 02, 2014, 08:21:55 am
small asa behind the modem is all you need....

That's a bit overkill for a flat!
Title: Re: Asus Router Vulnerability
Post by: RightHandOnly on March 05, 2014, 12:04:21 pm: overkill...lol.

Ebay for cisco gear is dirt cheap.